Bloomberg tells Democrats they need him. Not everyone agrees.



LAS VEGAS — Mike Bloomberg might not be Donald Trump. But he was a perfect presidential stand-in for his Democratic rivals Wednesday night.

They upbraided him again and again, wasting no time or opportunity in the NBC/MSNBC debate here to show voters just how each of them would treat an ideologically ambiguous billionaire New York politician with a spotty record on matters of race and gender discrimination.

"I'd like to talk about who we're running against, a billionaire who calls women 'fat broads' and 'horse-faced lesbians.' And, no, I'm not talking about Donald Trump — I'm talking about Mayor Bloomberg," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said just a couple of minutes into the debate |||READ MORE …



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