The billionaire former mayor of
New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has been slammed by his
Democratic primary opponents for allegedly "buy[ing] his way into the debate[s]." On Tuesday night, he nearly admitted to buying a whole lot more than just that.The Freudian slip came as Bloomberg was bragging about spending $100 million in the 2018 midterm
elections to back 21 of the 40
Democrats who were elected to the House. "All of the new Democrats that came in, put
Nancy Pelosi in charge, and gave the
Congress the ability to control this president, I bought — I got them," Bloomberg said, quickly correcting himself.> "I bough-- I got them" -- a Freudian slip from Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/tE9ANV711D> > — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2020Bloomberg is self-funding his campaign, the most expensive in presidential history; he broke the $500 million mark in ad spending on Monday. Read more about the former mayor's possible attempts to "buy an election" here at The Week.More stories from theweek.com Harvard scientist predicts coronavirus will infect up to 70 percent of humanity Jim Clyburn gives
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