Michael Bloomberg had a lot to explain. On his contemptuous statements towards women, his republican past, and especially his policy of “ stop and frisk “Or facies control when he was mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. In the second minute of the debate of the Las Vegas Democratic primaries, Wednesday, February 19, Bernie Sanders attacked the newcomer head-on, explaining that he had no chance of beating Donald Trump, because of his past support for this racist practice.
The billionaire took the hit. “Uh”, he stammered. Elizabeth Warren rushed to cut it to pieces: “I would like to talk about who we are fighting, she said. A billionaire who calls women “big cows” and “horse-faced lesbians”. And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump, resumed the Massachusetts senator. I’m talking about Michael Bloomberg. Democrats take a big risk if we replace one arrogant billionaire with another. “
In the audience, there was a moment of dread and then applause. The candidate, losing momentum for weeks in the polls, referred to a satirical compilation concocted in 1990 by an executive of the company Bloomberg and offered to the CEO for his 48e anniversary: the review of some “Maxims” of a man known for his corrosive judgments. Bloomberg preferred not to raise. “I’m New Yorker, he replied in a dull voice. I know how to deal with a New York impostor of Donald Trump’s arrogance. “
Bloomberg effect? A burst of combativeness among the competitors left behind in the polls? The ninth Democratic debate, Wednesday, February 19, the first for the former mayor of New York, was the most brutal since the start of competition for the Donald Trump succession. During the first hour, the Paris Las Vegas casino turned into an arena where the six candidate gladiators spilled attacks and insults – from the most consistent to the most petty. NBC News totaled 75 shots in the first 60 minutes. And in all directions.
Dazzling ascent
Amy Klobuchar, the eye-catching senator from Minnesota, was criticized at length for being unable to quote the name of the Mexican president in an interview, when she multiplied her apologies and took care to mention Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ( after a glance at his notes). With her air of first class, the polyglot Pete Buttigieg, who runs on the same centrist lands of the Midwest, annoyed her several times: “I wish everyone was as perfect as you, Pete. “
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