Warren Doesn’t Let Up On Bloomberg NDAs

Democratic presidential hopeful Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (R) gestures next to former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg during the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-... Democratic presidential hopeful Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (R) gestures next to former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg during the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, Noticias Telemundo and The Nevada Independent at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 19, 2020. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), capitalizing on one of her winningest moments from the Nevada debate, opened her CNN town hall Thursday by reading a contract she wrote to release former Bloomberg employees from Michael Bloomberg’s non-disclosure agreements.

“So I used to teach contract law,” she said. “And I thought I would make this easy. I wrote up a release and covenant not to sue. And all that Mayor Bloomberg has to do is download it.”

She then proceeding to read the text of the contract out loud.

During her strong debate performance Wednesday, Warren had one of the best moments of the night when she challenged Bloomberg to release his former employees from their NDAs right there on stage.

The former New York mayor tried to counter with statistics about women in leadership roles at his company, but Warren dismissed the line of defense as being “nice to some women.” Bloomberg rolled his eyes at the comment.

Bloomberg also claimed that the contracts were formed with “consensual” agreement and claimed that the only possibly objectionable thing he’d done is tell some “jokes.” The debate audience booed.

As her campaign aides told the New York Times, the attacks were unscripted and improvised by Warren on the spot. She had planned to train her fire on Bloomberg in general, though, opening the night with a blistering reminder of terms Bloomberg has called women, including “fat broads” and “horse-faced lesbians.”

Warren raked in cash during and after her fierce and aggressive performance, adding a much-needed infusion to her previously anemic fundraising.

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  1. You know, the past couple of days settled it for me. I’ll support whichever Democratic nominee emerges (in whatever fashion that takes), but I’ll be voting for Warren in the primary.

  2. now she’s just being a jerk. why is she reminding me of dana carvey’s “church lady”.

  3. Avatar for jcs jcs says:

    A bridge too far. Warren made her point, move on. No a good look. IMHO

  4. Please, go after some others like Bernie.

  5. Is she trying to make a point? Or is she getting at something real?

    Trump said he’d release his taxes. Of course he hasn’t.

    Bloomberg is saying, “There’s nothing to hide.” She’s giving him the simple tool he would need in order to be able to prove that.

    This is substance, not mere point-scoring.

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