Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has stated that she was attempting to put the presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg to an end when she attacked him on several occasions during the Democratic primary debates giving out warnings that the former NYC mayor’s candidacy was neither good for democracy or the Democratic party.
Asked by MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in an interview Thursday whether or not she was trying to end Bloomberg’s campaign through several heated exchanges during Democratic debates, Warren confirmed that she was and added that “the point is, he’s not going to be the Democratic nominee, and he shouldn’t be the Democratic nominee,” The Hill reported.
“In my view, he was absolutely the riskiest candidate for Democrats on that stage, and let me tell you part of the reason why. All of those things in his history mean that he could never launch any of those attacks against Donald Trump,” Warren said.
“Think about the things we are going to need to talk about: hiding your taxes, history with women, embracing racist policies, when you’re in charge, helping bazillionaires and leaving everybody else behind. Shoot, he wouldn’t even be able to launch the autocrat argument against him because Michael Bloomberg’s the guy who, when he was mayor, literally got the change in the laws so he could hang onto power longer,” she continued.
Warren also blasted Bloomberg over his controversial stop-and-frisk policy at another February debate. She also said Bloomberg “has a history of hiding his tax returns” and predicted that “Democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another.”
“So, from my perspective, the idea that a billionaire would just spend enough money to buy his way onto the stage and then not be able to be an effective candidate against Donald Trump. That was not good for democracy, the billionaire buying his way on, and not good for Democrats, a guy who I think would have had the worst chance against Donald Trump,” Warren told Maddow Thursday.
Warren also responded to Bloomberg telling a reporter earlier this week that he “didn’t realize” that the Massachusetts senator was still in the primary race, before Bloomberg dropped out Wednesday with Warren dropping out Thursday.
“Oh yeah, was he still in that race,” Warren joked.
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