Elizabeth Warren Wasted No Time In Dragging Michael Bloomberg

Welcome to the ninth Democratic presidential primary debate, where the candidates converged on the stage to talk about the issues voters care about. And, apparently, one of these issues was how thoroughly every other candidate could verbally clothesline the race's late-starter: former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.


It started with the very first question of the night, in which NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt contrasted Bloomberg, a former Republican, against Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, and asked Sanders why his pitch could be most efficient in conquering President Donald Trump in November 2020. "In sort to beat Donald Trump we’re going to need the biggest voter turnout in the past of the United States," the senator mentioned. "Mr. Bloomberg had policies in New York City of stop and frisk, which went soon after African-American and Latino people in an outrageous way. That isn't a way you’re going to grow voter turnout."


For his part, Bloomberg attempted to pivot the conversation to healthcare. "You don’t begin out by saying, 'I’ve got 160 million people, I’m going to take away the insurance plan that they love,'" he mentioned. "That’s just not a way that you go and begin building the coalition that the Sanders camp thinks they can do." While it's true that a majority of Residents of the
U.S. With healthcare think their health insurance is relatively good, that doesn't include the 44 million people who are uninsured — and could account for some of the people who feel like they are drowning in medical debt.


Nevertheless Sanders wasn't the only one zeroing in on Bloomberg. Elizabeth Warren highlighted Bloomberg's history of sexist comments. "I’d like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls girls 'fat broads' and 'horse-faced lesbians,'" the Massachusetts senator mentioned. "I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg."


She added, "Democrats are not going to win if we have a nominee who has a history of hiding his tax returns, of supporting racist polls like redlining and stop-and-frisk. I’ll support whoever the Democratic nominee is. However understand this: Democrats take an enormous risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another."


Amy Klobuchar agreed: "I think we need something different from Donald Trump. I don’t think we look at Donald Trump and mention, 'We need someone richer in the White Home the senator mentioned. She later mentioned, "I think it's good you've got a lot of cash, however each person has to release their tax returns."