Sanders, Bloomberg trade insults as Democratic White House race heats up

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Sanders, Bloomberg trade insults as Democratic White House race heats up

By Tim Reid and John Whitesides

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg attends a campaign event at Buffalo Soldiers national museum in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

 

RICHMOND, Calif. (Reuters) - Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other on Monday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg saying the senator and his fervent supporters were hurting the party.

 

Sanders compared the former New York mayor with Republican President Donald Trump, saying both were billionaires trying to use their wealth to bend a corrupt political system.

 

"Mr. Bloomberg, like anyone else has a right to run for president. He does not have a right to buy the presidency!" Sanders told thousands of supporters at a rally in Richmond, near San Francisco, who booed vehemently at the mention of Bloomberg's name.

 

The attacks in California, including criticism of Bloomberg's record on race, echoed a series of attacks that Sanders, a self-identified democratic socialist who regularly rails against the political influence of billionaires, levelled at Bloomberg over the weekend in Nevada and Colorado.

 

That drew a response on Monday from Bloomberg, who tweeted a video featuring alleged Sanders supporters - his fervent online backers known as "Bernie Bros" - attacking other candidates and their supporters on social media.

 

It ended with a clip of Sanders calling for "civil discourse," followed by the question "Really?"

 

"We need to unite to defeat Trump in November," Bloomberg said in the tweet. "This type of 'energy' is not going to get us there."

 

Bloomberg's campaign said the attacks from Sanders were "shameful" and compared him with Trump for also unfairly criticizing Bloomberg. It said the attacks were a sign of the growing political threat Bloomberg posed.

 

Bloomberg has risen sharply in recent opinion polls in the race for the Democratic nomination to challenge Trump in the Nov. 3 election after pouring hundreds of millions of his own dollars into advertising in states that vote in March or later.

 

Sanders leads polls nationally and in Nevada, where the next nominating contest will be held on Saturday, after strong finishes in the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

 

"At this point, the primary is Bernie's to lose, and ours to win. Bernie knows this. Trump knows this. That's why they are united in the campaign against Mike,” said Kevin Sheekey, campaign manager for Bloomberg.

 

"This campaign will not sit idly by and allow these false attacks to stand without response," Sheekey said in a statement.

 

Bloomberg skipped the four early voting states in February - South Carolina will also vote on Feb. 29.

 

At the rally in Richmond, Sanders also criticized Bloomberg's past support in New York of "stop-and-frisk" police policies during his time as mayor that disproportionately hit African Americans. Bloomberg has apologised for his support of that tactic.

 

Sanders also said Bloomberg had in the past opposed a minimum wage and had called for cuts to government-run social assistance programs.

 

"Imagine a multi-billionaire opposing a raise in the minimum wage. Imagine a multi-billionaire asking for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid," Sanders told the crowd.

 

(Reporting by Tim Reid in Richmond, Calif., and John Whitesides in Washington; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-18

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[Cryingdick]

So it begins... they are beginning to eat their own.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Cryingdick

[klauskunkel]

Where are the insults in this article? I read the whole thing in hopes to learn some new ones - lying journalist ba$tard$

[spidermike007]

There is one thing i might add, that Bloomberg could teach Trump. Character is much easier kept, than recovered!

[albertik]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There is one thing i might add, that Bloomberg could teach Trump. Character is much easier kept, than recovered!

As in  "stop and frisk" and the loads of mysogenistic  behavior purported by former employees.

[spidermike007]

9 minutes ago, albertik said:

As in  "stop and frisk" and the loads of mysogenistic  behavior purported by former employees.

It is all relative. In comparison to grab em by the +++++, and when you are famous you can just stick your tongue in their mouths, and they will not say no, Bloomy's stuff is so silly, and relatively inane. Add in the possibility of Trump's participation in the Epstein's party weekends, as alleged by many, and Moscow "crowd" events, and you have a truly mild and easy to handle situation. If any level of comparison is used, Mike is always going to come out on top, compared to Don Donald. Literally, with regard to anything and everything.

Edited February 18, 2020 by spidermike007

[albertik]

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It is all relative. In comparison to grab em by the +++++, and when you are famous you can just stick your tongue in their mouths, and they will not say no, Bloomy's stuff is so silly, and relatively inane. Add in the probability of Trump's participation in the Epstein's party weekends, and Moscow "crowd" events, and you have a truly mild situation. 

If Epstein party goers get dragged  into this, a lot of folks stand to go down.

Time will tell. 

[ftpjtm]

22 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It is all relative. In comparison to grab em by the +++++, and when you are famous you can just stick your tongue in their mouths, and they will not say no, Bloomy's stuff is so silly, and relatively inane. Add in the possibility of Trump's participation in the Epstein's party weekends, as alleged by many, and Moscow "crowd" events, and you have a truly mild and easy to handle situation. If any level of comparison is used, Mike is always going to come out on top, compared to Don Donald. Literally, with regard to anything and everything.

While I agree with you, I hope that Trump is not the new benchmark for acceptable character.

[bristolboy]

10 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

 

Mr Bloomberg is finished even before he started.

Have you seen his racist tirade on PBS when he was governor of NY?

 

 

 

Yes. Given his various racist and sexist comments, it's clear he would be a lot more successful running as a Republican.

[Jingthing]

He's not finished at all. Third in the democratic nomination polls and hasn't even been in a primary yet. Beats 45 in if nominated polls. Maybe people are confusing him with Biden who does appear to be finished. 

[TheDark]

1 minute ago, Tippaporn said:

I'm sure everyone's seen the latest vid of Bloomberg telling the audience how he can teach them to farm.  Why you can farm even if you're dumb.  Maybe especially if you're dumb.  And his comment about the "industrial society."  "You put the piece of metal in the lathe, you turn the crank in the direction of the arrow and you can have a job."  I happen to work in manufacturing.  You can spend a five year apprenticeship as a tool & die maker and still not know your a$$ from a hole in the ground.  What a demeaning, clueless little c't.

 

So many nasty stories to tell about Bloomberg and not enough time.  He's more than just an empty suit, he's a guaranteed snake in the grass.

 

"So what if he has a few controversies behind him, and has said some inane things in the past."  LOL

I guess we all have seen the video. Also the fact stated, that only 2% of the American people are farmers.

 

Only 2% of the people!

 

Now you might say, that there are loads of people, who support these voters. But is there really?

 

You might say that these people's feels have been hurt so badly? What? Are they the snowflakes?

 

You might question how much gray matter these people have on their brains, compared to people who code for living. I would say it's almost the same amount. Some of the smartest got out of the farms and made a better living by coding. Smarter than them folks did so, and got back farming as it made a lot more sense. 

 

And it's still only 2% of the population. 

[darksidedog]

A post using nicknames for candidates has been removed.

Sadly, this post was quoted several times and all of those replies, and replies to those replies, some quite good, have had to be removed also.

If you are going to go to the trouble of writing a lengthy post and you want your post to stand, please cut out the childish comments and say the persons name correctly. No nick names or plays on words of names. That goes for both sides of the house in this discussion.

[earlinclaifornia]

Independent here that likes Both. Sanders/Obama or Bloomberg/Kasich

[Jingthing]

44 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

Independent here that likes Both. Sanders/Obama or Bloomberg/Kasich

Interesting but both of those tickets are impossible. Barack Obama nor would any president agree to be a VP after having been a president before. Bloomberg might pick MICHELLE Obama though and that might be a very good idea. Bloomberg would not pick any republican for VP. That's because the republican party would already be represented in his own past. I think if either of those is nominated the most likely choice would be a woman VP. Everyone seems to love Stacy Abrams and I love her too. She really has it all. Passion. Intelligence. Justice on her side. Black. Southern. Charismatic. Not to mention being pleasantly zoftig makes her relatable to most Americans. 45 is fat as well but in an unattractive way. Time to turn Georgia, Texas, and Florida blue!

Edited February 18, 2020 by Jingthing

[TheDark]

15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Interesting but both of those tickets are impossible. Barack Obama nor would any president agree to be a VP after having been a president before. Bloomberg might pick MICHELLE Obama though and that might be a very good idea. Bloomberg would not pick any republican for VP. That's because the republican party would already be represented in his own past. I think if either of those is nominated the most likely choice would be a woman VP. Everyone seems to love Stacy Abrams and I love her too. She really has it all. Passion. Intelligence. Justice on her side. Black. Southern. Charismatic. Not to mention being pleasantly zoftig makes her relatable to most Americans. 45 is fat as well but in an unattractive way. Time to turn Georgia, Texas, and Florida blue!

Let me say this clear. Bloomberg's work is to be a brick, using Bannon's rulebook against Trump. 

 

Bloomberg is never going to be the Potus. His aim, hopefully is not going to be the Potus, but to ridicule Trump.

 

Now there are far better candidates to go against Trump. Start talking of their ideas and if you wish, their personalities.

 

Bloomberg is making a huge fuzz, which is all good and supported. He however is going to retire from the candidacy at some point, when he feels he have done enough damage to Trump's reputation. 

 

I hope he'll keep on spending money, to support, whoever the person is, who is going against Trump. 

 

But we'll see all that at time. 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, TheDark said:

Let me say this clear. Bloomberg's work is to be a brick, using Bannon's rulebook against Trump. 

 

Bloomberg is never going to be the Potus. His aim, hopefully is not going to be the Potus, but to ridicule Trump.

 

Now there are far better candidates to go against Trump. Start talking of their ideas and if you wish, their personalities.

 

Bloomberg is making a huge fuzz, which is all good and supported. He however is going to retire from the candidacy at some point, when he feels he have done enough damage to Trump's reputation. 

 

I hope he'll keep on spending money, to support, whoever the person is, who is going against Trump. 

 

But we'll see all that at time. 

Nah. 

Bloomberg has wanted to be president for decades

He's seriously running. 

He's already pledged a good chunk of his money to help the democrats if he isn't nominated as well. 

Of course he's good for it! 

[TheDark]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Nah. 

Bloomberg has wanted to be president for decades

He's seriously running. 

He's already pledged a good chunk of his money to help the democrats if he isn't nominated as well. 

Of course he's good for it! 

What Bloomberg wants is not always what he gets. 

 

 

[JHolmesJr]

Bloomberg has qualified to be on the debate stage in Nevada.....so woohoo

It's going to be fun watching him and sanders square off.

Two terrible candidates going at each others throats....I can imagine how itchy trumps twitter

fingers must be.

 

Popcorn ready.

 

[TheDark]

Too bad Trump junkies. Too bad. ????

 

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Interesting but both of those tickets are impossible. Barack Obama nor would any president agree to be a VP after having been a president before. Bloomberg might pick MICHELLE Obama though and that might be a very good idea. Bloomberg would not pick any republican for VP. That's because the republican party would already be represented in his own past. I think if either of those is nominated the most likely choice would be a woman VP. Everyone seems to love Stacy Abrams and I love her too. She really has it all. Passion. Intelligence. Justice on her side. Black. Southern. Charismatic. Not to mention being pleasantly zoftig makes her relatable to most Americans. 45 is fat as well but in an unattractive way. Time to turn Georgia, Texas, and Florida blue!

MICHELLE Obama was correct.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

MICHELLE Obama was correct.

OK but people will assume you mean the ex-president unless you specify. 

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, JHolmesJr said:

Bloomberg has qualified to be on the debate stage in Nevada.....so woohoo

It's going to be fun watching him and sanders square off.

Two terrible candidates going at each others throats....I can imagine how itchy trumps twitter

fingers must be.

 

Popcorn ready.

 

Shock and awe never fails at fingering his twitter.

[albertik]

36 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

MICHELLE Obama was correct.

Seriously?    M.Obama  for potus?    Lets all just vote from our emotions, please.  Don't let the facts get in the way.    10 Bil from Bezos...  he's the man for the job.  Beat that Mikey.

[Jingthing]

19 minutes ago, albertik said:

Seriously?    M.Obama  for potus?    Lets all just vote from our emotions, please.  Don't let the facts get in the way.    10 Bil from Bezos...  he's the man for the job.  Beat that Mikey.

I'd rather not see that but it would be good for a lot of tickets, but frankly I don't think Michelle Obama really wants to go into politics. 

[Tug]

Glad mike made the debate imo Bernie as much as I like some of his ideas is wayyyy to left he speaks to the passion of youth way to impractical.Mike Bloomberg on the other hand is pragmatic and successful in the business world it’s perfectly natural for them to attack each other they are competitors for crying out loud lol.mike Bloomberg far outstrippes trump no bankruptcy trump4 self made trump squandered inheritance mike information fact oriented trump flimflam orientated anyway glad mike will be up there as dry and dispassionate as it’s likley to be

[TheDark]

1 minute ago, Tug said:

Glad mike made the debate imo Bernie as much as I like some of his ideas is wayyyy to left he speaks to the passion of youth way to impractical.Mike Bloomberg on the other hand is pragmatic and successful in the business world it’s perfectly natural for them to attack each other they are competitors for crying out loud lol.mike Bloomberg far outstrippes trump no bankruptcy trump4 self made trump squandered inheritance mike information fact oriented trump flimflam orientated anyway glad mike will be up there as dry and dispassionate as it’s likley to be

I don't get it why people think Sanders is waayyy left?

 

He is simply promoting society's need to care for it's members. 

 

Think of the military doctrine, no man is left behind. Is there something wrong with that ideology?

 

Now expand your view to a wholesome society which thinks in the similar terms, no man is to be left behind. That military ideology sounds pretty much utopist, doesn't it?

 

That's actual communism. Not even socialism, which is what you can experience in police and fire department forces.  

 

So why the societies we live in, must be so different than the brotherhood experiences in the military or fire departments? Why in our societies there must be people, who will have to be left behind, who then will become bad apples, because they have no other choices?

 

Why don't we all live a society, where everybody are taken care off, an nobody have the need to rob others?

 

Is that because we are so afraid of socialism aka fire departments?

 

 

[Brickbat]

Comedy Central

[Tippaporn]

4 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

Bloomberg has qualified to be on the debate stage in Nevada.....so woohoo

It's going to be fun watching him and sanders square off.

Two terrible candidates going at each others throats....I can imagine how itchy trumps twitter

fingers must be.

 

Popcorn ready.

 

Heck, this calls for popcorn and a few beers, too.  Must watch.

[OZinPattaya]

6 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Yes. Given his various racist and sexist comments, it's clear he would be a lot more successful running as a Republican.

People are starting to realize that Trump is not the only guy with skeletons in his closet. Well, maybe better to go back to the Clinton Era, of interns and cigars and actual grand-jury lies and impeachment. The democratic party is sure to abandon this guy on--let's face it--purely political and politically-correct grounds. So congratulations, all you democrats, for reelecting the next president of these United States, Mr. Donald Trump!

 

My moderate, centrist and staunchly democratic father, who hates Trump with absolute fervor--complete and incurable Trump derangement syndrome--STILL never will vote for Sanders. Ever! That should tell you something about 2020. I mean, come 2020, he just won't show up to the polls. If a radical from the dem party is the candidate. 

Edited February 18, 2020 by OZinPattaya

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