Bloomberg gave as a reason for his party switch that the GOP was out of step on his issues: on climate change, gay marriage and guns. This is true, but on other issues he is still a lot closer to the GOP mean than he is the Democratic one, in particular on public safety (to this day, he stands by stop-and-frisk policing), the virtues of the free market and respect for the rule of law, never mind #MeToo and money in politics.