Everyone Hates Mike The Democratic primary debate Wednesday night almost immediately turned into a carpet bombing of billionaire candidate Mike Bloomberg.
Bernie Sanders threw the first punch by criticizing stop and frisk policing, Elizabeth Warren escalated the attacks by labelling Bloomberg “a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians.’" Amy Klobuchar then took offense to a Bloomberg campaign staff memo that recommended that three of the candidates should "get out of the way." Klobuchar promised she would not “pave the way for him to be the nominee.” In the continued ambush, Joe Biden took a swing at Bloomberg by questioning his management of New York as mayor, stating, "The fact of the matter is, he has not managed his city very well when he was there. He didn’t get a lot done. He has stop and frisk, throwing close to 5 million young black men up against a wall.”
Republicans, Independents, and Bros Pete Buttigieg, in an attack towards both Bloomberg and Sanders, said, “Let’s put forward someone who’s actually a Democrat.”
Buttigieg later criticized Sanders supporters (referred to as “Bernie Bros”) for their ugly remarks on Twitter. Warren quickly piggybacked on this critique, stating, “I’ve said many times before, we are all responsible for our supporters, and we need to step up."
Sanders fired back by saying that he would disown any supporter engaging in ugly remarks.
Everyone Hates Mike Round 2 (TKO)
Shortly after the discussion on Sanders's "Bernie Bros," the heat was back on Bloomberg and his past advocacy for "stop and frisk" policing. Bloomberg explained that he used the policy to "give people the right to live," later adding that he understands "it got out of control."
Unsatisfied with his answer, Warren reminded the former Mayor, "Now this isn’t about how it turned out, this is about what it was designed to do to begin with. It targeted communities of color." She later added, "You need a different apology here." Continuing a tough night for Bloomberg, the former Mayor was booed when he stated, "they have every right to expect that they will stay private" in reference to NDAs with female employees. Bloomberg took a final shot at Warren and Sanders, billing their ideas as communism and arguing that nominating them would be Trump's best bet for re-election. Warren and Sanders fired back with claims that their policies are what the American people want. Mediaite's Colby Hall determined the winners of the debate as Warren, Sanders, Klobuchar, as well as the good old viewers of American television. Hall labeled Bloomberg the loser, with participation trophies for Buttigieg and Biden.
Trump Hunts Fox
Trump's love-hate relationship with Fox News is a lot more love than hate, but every so often he throws a fit to keep everyone entertained. Thursday's fit came with a little twist: Trump attacked A.B. Stoddard, a frequent Fox guest and skeptic of his genius, as well as anchor Neil Cavuto, a regular target of his ire.
But Trump also singled out Paul Ryan, his old colleague who now serves on Fox's board.
Is all hope lost for this love affair? No. Stop assuming that. 6.5.0 |