Michael Bloomberg faces grilling in debate with Democratic rivals
Former New York mayor will have to defend charges that he is trying to buy the election with his self-financed campaign
Washington — When Michael Bloomberg steps onto the Democratic debate stage for the first time on Wednesday, he will be ready to dismiss rivals Joe Biden, who as vice-president made “speeches that somebody writes for him”, and Pete Buttigieg, “mayor of a town”.
Bloomberg told Reuters in an interview earlier in February he would contrast their experience to his success as billionaire CEO of global financial information and media company Bloomberg LP and three-time mayor of New York City. “None of them would know how to run a big organisation,” he said of the seven other Democratic candidates seeking the nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November...
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