Sen.
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was not pulling her punches in Wednesday night's
Democratic presidential debate in
Las Vegas, and her most potent haymakers landed on former
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, standing to her right. MSNBC's post-debate panel showed the moment she started pummeling Bloomberg, and Chris Matthews described it in elaborate
boxing metaphors.
The Daily Show was a little more succinct:
Warren's biggest blow was set up by Bloomberg himself, and
Joe Biden jumped in to help her finish him off.
After the debate, Matthews asked Warren why she went after Bloomberg so hard. "I think it's important for people to know exactly what Michael Bloomberg has said and done," she said. "It is important to know who this guy is," and "he is a threat because he's already dropped $400 million in this campaign, and understand this: After his performance tonight, I have no doubt he is about to drop, tonight, another $100 million in this campaign ... to try to erase America's memory of what happened on that debate stage."Warren repeated her "arrogant billionaire" critique and when Matthews asked, she said Bloomberg's treatment of women should be disqualifying for the Democratic nomination. "Can we please keep in mind" that woman have "finally been acknowledged to be important in electing our candidates?" she said. "You just can't lead with a guy who's got this kind of history."
The Daily Show, again, had a similar idea, but with a different, less likely destination for Bloomberg's millions.