After starting with a field of over 20, the handful of Democratic presidential candidates appeared more than ready for a bare-knuckle fight at Wednesday night’s debate.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren provided much of the heat with her take-no-prisoners approach in speaking of and to her rivals. During the opening minutes of the two-hour NBC debate in Las Vegas, Warren challenged former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to offer a more genuine apology to the women who have left his company over his misogynists comments about women.
Warren said, “I’d like to talk about who we’re running against. A billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians.’ And, no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.”
Bloomberg repeatedly clashed with Warren and Sanders over the more than $400 million he has spent on television ads thus far.
Sander’s used his first salvo on Bloomberg, taking him to task for his backing of the controversial “stop and frisk” policing policy in New York City followed by a much belated apology. Sanders said the mayor’s policies treated blacks and Latinos in “an outrageous way.”
But at the biggest Democratic debate yet, President Trump may have come out the winner with Bloomberg saying of Sanders, “I don’t think there’s any chance of the senator beating President Trump.”
Watch the video to see all of the most memorable exchanges from the night. See how much attention Joe Biden got.
