The South Carolina Debate Finally Put Bernie Sanders in the Hot Seat
Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden, participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday.Patrick Semansky/AP For the past month, Bernie Sanders has ascended to the position of clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. He claimed victory in Iowa, where the contested results leave a…
Warren Nailed Bloomberg for Allegedly Telling a Pregnant Employee to “Kill It”
.@ewarren just used Mike Bloomberg’s own words against him—yet again. pic.twitter.com/SuVL3y331S — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 26, 2020 While delivering a powerful personal story about being discriminated against during her pregnancy, Senator Elizabeth Warren launched a direct attack against former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg over allegations he told an employee to “kill it,” when…
Elizabeth Warren Rips Into Michael Bloomberg for Funding Republican Campaigns
Matt Rourke/AP Michael Bloomberg entered the 2020 presidential race wagering that Democrats needed an electable candidate, and that Democrat would be him. But Elizabeth Warren made the case during the debate in Charleston on Tuesday night that Bloomberg would be a that shakiest candidate Democrats could nominate to run against Donald Trump. Shortly into the…
Bloomberg Keeps Insisting He Slashed Stop-and-Frisk by 95 Percent. Not so Fast.
Brian Cahn/Zuma Early on Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, the notorious policing policy known as stop-and-frisk once again came back to bite former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. And, once again, the billionaire candidate took responsibility for cutting the policing program by 95 percent. But it’s not true. As my colleague Nathalie Baptiste reported of…
We Are Debating in South Carolina
CBS News Let’s close things out with capsule reviews of each candidate. Biden: He keeps getting more aggressive, but it’s mostly just endless repetitions of “I’m the only one on this stage that’s actually done _____ .” It’s a little hard to see this helping him a lot. Buttigieg: Still mostly vague platitudes. Warren: Her…
She Has Endorsements. She Has Plans. But Warren Is in 4th Place Among Black Voters in South Carolina.
Elizabeth Warren stands with South Carolina state representative Wendy Brawley, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Columbia, South Carolina, city councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine after an event in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 24, 2020.Patrick Semansky/AP When Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza took to the stage at Monday’s “Women for Warren” event in downtown Charleston,…