Presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg made two unannounced stops Friday in Augusta, promising to pump resources into the Georgia campaigns of himself and other Democrats.

He and Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis had coffee at New Moon cafe downtown and shook a few hands prior to Bloomberg giving a speech at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History.

Davis, who has attended several of the mayors’ events that Bloomberg funds, endorsed the former mayor of New York within days of him announcing his candidacy Nov. 24. The city also has applied for a Bloomberg Asphalt Art grant to fund public art in Augusta.

A self-made billionaire who served as New York mayor from 2002 to 2013, Bloomberg founded Bloomberg News, a business and markets news service. He has a net worth of $54 billion and said he is committed to giving it all away.

Georgia has the potential to turn blue but Democratic candidates generally aren’t spending money here, he said.

"President Trump is about the only one spending money here and in swing states around the country, and that’s a big problem for a country," he said. "Democrats actually have to win Georgia if we nominate someone who makes winning here a priority."

Furthermore, Democrats can potentially take both of Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats next year, he said.

"I’ll do everything I can to make sure that happens," Bloomberg said. "If I’m the nominee, we’ll have a fully-funded effort to support Georgia Democrats up and down the ticket, so we can flip this state from red to blue."

Bloomberg also spoke on topics important to Georgia voters, his former "stop and frisk" police policy and his plans to limit access to guns by individuals with mental problems and criminal backgrounds.

"We were trying to bring down crime by doing everything that the experts said we can do," and the murder rate went down by around 50 percent, he said about his "stop and frisk" policy. At the height of the program in 2011, some 685,724 in New York were stopped and frisked, with some 90 percent either African-American or Latino. Bloomberg said the program was reduced by 95 percent during his last year in office.

Bloomberg said he supported Lucy McBath, the gun-control Georgia Democratic congresswoman and said Thursday he’d been in Aurora, Colo., where 12 were killed in a 2012 mass shooting.

"We have been taking on the NRA, and pretty successfully," he said.

But there is no federal law requiring background checks for individuals buying guns at gun shows or online, he said. That needs to change and anyone underage or with a criminal record or record of psychiatric problems needs not to have access to guns, he said.

Davis said Bloomberg’s gun policies "are important to us when you talk about guns and who has access to guns."

Asked how the policies will reduce crime in Augusta, Bloomberg turned to Davis.

"Taking care of crime locally is the responsibility of the local government run by the mayor," said Bloomberg. "I am honored to have Mayor Davis’ support."

Asked if he’d spend money on the Democratic nominee if it’s not him, Bloomberg was noncommittal.

"I don’t know where I’ll be down the road," he said. "I have said regardless of who the Democratic candidate is, I will support them. When Donald Trump is the opposition, that’s an easy thing for everybody in this country to make that commitment."