Michael Bloomberg spent the Nevada Democratic debate getting roasted - here are 5 of the best burns
- Michael Bloomberg made his first debate appearance this campaign season in Nevada, joining the other remaining leading nominees for the 2020 Democratic nomination: Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden.
- NBC anchor Lester Holt introduced Bloomberg as "a former Republican who spent millions of his own dollars to run in this race," and the other nominees soon began launching their own digs at the former mayor of New York City.
- Bloomberg took heat from all sides, especially from Elizabeth Warren, who was standing next to him on the debate stage. Within minutes, Warren slammed the reported remarks that he "calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians," while Buttigieg said Bloomberg "thinks that money ought to be the root of all power."
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made his first debate appearance as a Democrat in Las Vegas, and he didn't get a polite reception from the other members of his (new) party.
In fact, he got roasted, as his fellow nominees took turns pummeling him over his record as New York City mayor, when he presided over a massive surge in the racially discriminatory "stop-and-frisk policy," and his reported history of sexist and insensitive comments.
With an estimated net worth of $62 billion, Bloomberg has been personally funding his campaign since November 2019, and he has already spent well over $300 million on advertising across radio, TV, and digital platforms.
The progressive Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders wasted no time in taking shots at Bloomberg's history as a former Republican and status as a billionaire New York businessman-turned-politician. But the centrists Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, and Pete Buttigieg got in on the act, too. Pretty much nobody held back. Here are the best burns.