A week aftertheir viral showdownat the Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas, Sen.Elizabeth Warrenand former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg squared off at another debate,this one on Tuesday nightin Charleston, South Carolina.
Warren again pressed Bloomberg over the confidentiality agreements women had signed after raising complaints or alleging misconduct about him or at his company. Last week, after a similar attack from her in a debate performance that was widely panned, Bloomberg announced he would no longer use such confidentiality agreements and would release certain women from them.
Bloomberg stridently denied that accusation on the debate stage, even as Warren said voters needed more information about his background to make up their minds — of a piece with similar criticisms she made about him not yet releasing his tax records and supporting Republican politicians in the past.
Another former Bloomberg employeetoldThe Washington Postthey overheard Bloomberg tell the saleswoman, “Are you going to kill it?”
That employee “said he found the comment ‘outrageous. I understood why she took offense,’ ” thePostreported.
A billionaire businessman and three-term N.Y.C. mayor, Bloomberg was a major target at Tuesday’s debate.
Bloomberg seemed visibly more comfortable and fluent on Tuesday and pressed his case that as the executive of the country’s largest city — and it’s cultural and financial nerve center — he most of all has the can-do experience and record to take on Trump.
Democratic primary voters will next head to the polls in South Carolina, on Saturday.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the front-runner in the race after winning in New Hampshire and Nevada, but other candidates are hoping to knock him from that perch.
source: people.com
