PHYSICALLY, HE WAS TAKEN ABACK, HE ROLLED HIS EYES AT ONE POINT,
AND I WAS SHOCKED HE DIDN’T HAVE
BETTER ANSWERS BUT AS ROBERT
SAYS HE HAS ANOTHER HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND IN THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS ON SUPER TUESDAY
HE’S NOT ON THE BALLOT IN
NEVADA.
NEVADA. THIS COULD CHANGE AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN BEFORE SUPER
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. >> IN A NIGHT OF TOUGH MOMENTS
FOR MOOM BLOOMIKE BLOOMBERG.
HERE WAS THE WORST.
>> SEVERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE
CLAIMED YOUR COMPANY WAS A
HOSTILE WORKPLACE.
HOSTILE WORKPLACE. YOU ADMITTED MAKING SEXUALLY
SUGGESTIVE REMARKS SAYING QUOTE
THAT’S THE WAY I GREW UP.
IN A LAWSUIT IN THE 1990s, ONE
FORMER FEMALE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED
YOU SAID QUOTE I WOULD DO YOU IN
A SECOND.
A SECOND. SHOULD DEMOCRATS EXPECT BETTER
FROM THEIR NOMINEE.
>> I HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THE
KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT THE ME TOO
MOVEMENT HAS EXPOSED.
AND ANYBODY THAT DOES ANYTHING
WRONG IN OUR COMPANY, WE
INVESTIGATE IT AND IF IT’S
APPROPRIATE, THEY’RE GONE THAT
DAY.
DAY. IN MY FOUNDATION, A PERSON THAT
RUN’S IT’S A WOMAN.
70% OF THE PEOPLE THERE ARE
WOMEN.
WOMEN. IN MY COMPANY, LOTS AND LOTS OF
WOMEN HAVE BIG RESPONSIBILITIES.
THEY GET PAID EXACTLY THE SAME
AS MEN.
AS MEN. >> I HOPE YOU HEARD WHAT HIS
DEFENSE WAS, I HAVE BEEN NICE TO
SOME WOMEN.
SOME WOMEN. THAT JUST DOESN’T CUT IT.
THE MAYOR HAS TO STAND ON HIS
RECORD, AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW
IS EXACTLY WHAT’S LURKING OUT
THERE.
THERE. HE HAS GOTTEN SOME NUMBER OF
WOMEN, DOZENS, WHO KNOWS, TO
SIGN NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
BOTH FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
FOR GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE
WORKPLACE.
WORKPLACE. SO MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU WILLING TO
RELEASE ALL OF THOSE WOMEN FROM
THOSE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
SO WE CAN HEAR THEIR SIDE OF THE
STORY?
STORY? >>.
>>. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE A VERY FEW
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. >> HOW MANY IS THAT?
>> LET ME FINISH.
>> HOW MANY IS THAT?
>> NONE OF THEM ACCUSED ME OF
DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAYBE
THEY DIDN’T LIKE A JOKE I TOLD.
AND LET ME JUST -- AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN TWO PARTIES THAT WANTED
TO KEEP IT QUIET, AND THAT’S UP
TO THEM.
TO THEM. THEY SIGNED THOSE AGREEMENTS AND
WE’LL LIVE WITH IT.
>> COME ON.
>> SO WAIT, WHEN YOU SAY IT IS
UP -- I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR,
SOME IS HOW MANY?
AND WHEN YOU -- AND WHEN YOU SAY
THEY SIGNED THEM AND THEY WANTED
THEM, IF THEY WISH NOW TO SPEAK
OUT AND TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE
STORY ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY
ALLEGED, THAT’S NOW OKAY WITH
YOU?
YOU? YOU’RE RELEASING THEM ON
TELEVISION TONIGHT?
TELEVISION TONIGHT? >> SENATOR, NO.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
IS THAT RIGHT TONIGHT?
SFL
SFL >> SENATOR, THE COMPANY AND
SOMEBODY ELSE IN THIS CASE, THE
MAN OR WOMAN OR COULD BE MORE
THAN THAT, THEY DECIDED WHEN
THEY MADE AN AGREEMENT THEY
WANTED TO KEEP IT QUIET FOR
EVERYBODY’S INTERESTS.
EVERYBODY’S INTERESTS. >> COME ON.
>> THEY SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS
AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO
LIVE WITH.
LIVE WITH. >> I’M SORRY, THE QUESTION IS --
>> I HEARD YOUR QUESTION.
>> ARE THERE WOMEN BEING MUZZLED
BY YOU, AND YOU COULD RELEASE
THEM FROM THAT IMMEDIATELY
BECAUSE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT
JUST A QUESTION OF THE MAYOR’S
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. THIS IS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT
ELECTABILITY.
ELECTABILITY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BEAT DONALD
TRUMP WITH A MAN WHO HAS WHO
KNOWS HOW MANY NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENTS AND THE DRIP DRIP
DRIP OF STORIES OF WOMEN SAYING
THEY HAVE BEEN HARRISEDASSED AND
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST.
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST. THAT’S NOT WHAT WE DO AS
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> LOOK, LET’S GET SOMETHING
STRAIGHT HERE.
STRAIGHT HERE. IT’S EASY.
IT’S EASY. ALL THE MAYOR HAS TO DO IS SAY
YOU ARE RELEASED FROM THE
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> I SAID WE’RE NOT GOING TO
GET -- TO END THESE AGREEMENTS
BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE
CONSENSUALLY, AND THEY HAVE
EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT THEY
WILL STAY PRIVATE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ELIZABETH WARREN IN MY ESTIMATE
DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, NOT JUST
GOING AFTER BLOOMBERG ABOUT THE
NDAs, WHICH IS DEBATABLE IN THE
LEGAL REALM BUT SHOWING
SOMETHING ABOUT HIS LEADERSHIP
QUALITIES, SHOWING SOMETHING
ABOUT HIM, HOW HE DEALS WITH
THINGS, IT’S HIS WAY OR THE
HIGHWAY.
HIGHWAY. AND THAT’S, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU’RE LOOKING AT BLOOMBERG’S
CANDIDACY, THAT’S THE PROBLEM HE
POSES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
AND WHO THEY WANT TO BE.
AND DOES HE EXACTLY REPRESENT
WHO THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO PUT
OUT.
OUT. DONNY DEUTSCH, I MEAN, AMY
KLOBUCHAR ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT
HE’S BEEN HIDING BEHIND THE ADS.
HE HAS BEEN.
THIS WAS HIS FIRST FORAY INTO
THE NATIONAL STAGE.
HE SHOULD HAVE DEALT WITH THESE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. HE SHOULD HAVE DONE INTERVIEWS
BEYOND WITH PERSONAL FRIENDS.
HE SHOULD HAVE COME ON "MORNING
JOE," GONE ON OTHER SHOWS AND
GOTTEN THROUGH THIS STUFF, AND
FIGURED OUT WHETHER OR NOT HE
CAN DEAL WITH IT, BUT INSTEAD IT
WAS HARD TO WATCH.
IT WAS HARD TO WATCH BECAUSE IT
SHOWED WHO HE WAS.
HE RUNS THE COMPANY, THAT’S THE
WAY IT GOES.
AND THAT’S THE QUESTION FOR THE
PARTY.
PARTY. DO THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO RUNS
THINGS LIKE TRUMP?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT HIS BIGGEST
VULNERABILITY GOING IN WAS, YOU
KNOW, THE BILLIONAIRE STUFF, AND
I THOUGHT HE ACTUALLY HANDLED
THAT STUFF RELATIVELY WELL,
YEAH, I’VE MADE A LOT OF MONEY,
I’M GOING TO PUT THINGS BACK
INTO IT.
INTO IT. >> I SHARED IT, YEAH.
>> I DON’T THINK HE WAS PREPARED
FOR THE STUFF AS FAR AS THE NDA
STUFF, AND YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER
WOULD HAVE BEEN A PIVOT, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF HIS IT’S A
BAD BAD QUESTION TO HAVE TO
ANSWER.
ANSWER. AND THE ANSWER WOULD HAVE BEEN,
INSTEAD OF JUST, OH, I HAVE DONE
GOOD THINGS BY WOMEN IS LOOK, I
STAND BY MY RECORD AND PIVOT,
AND BECAUSE IT’S A VERY -- IT’S
A QUESTION WITHOUT AN ANSWER,
FRANKLY, AND FOR HIM TO GET INTO
THE SPEECH OF, OH, LOOK, 40% OF
MY FOUNDATION IS RUN BY WOMEN
AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH,
THAT IS A NO WIN ANSWER, AND YOU
KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE’VE SEEN ON
THESE DEBATES THEY’RE VERY VERY
FLUID AND SOMEBODY WHO’S A BIG
WINNER ONE WEEK, THE NEXT WEEK
THE WORLD FORGETS, SO I DON’T
THINK THIS IS IT.
>> THE ADS WORK FOR HIM.
>> THE ADS DO WORK, AND ONCE
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE EXPOSURE OF
HOW MANY PEOPLE, 15, 20 MILLION
PEOPLE WATCH.
PEOPLE WATCH. THE TARGET RATING POINTS OF WHAT
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS IS GOING TO
OVERWHELM THAT.
OVERWHELM THAT. >> IT WILL OVERWHELM.
AGAIN, THOUGH, I THINK FOR
DEMOCRATIC PROFESSIONALS WHO SAW
THIS GUY AS THEIR POLITICAL
SAVIOR TO SAVE THEM FROM BERNIE
SANDERS, THEY HAD TO BE
DISAPPOINTED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE
HE WAS BAD IN POLITICS 101.
THEY’LL FORGIVE A CANDIDATE THAT
CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP FOR JUST
ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT YOU’RE
RIGHT, IT’S CALLED A PIVOT.
LISTEN, I’M NOT GOING TO GET
INTO THAT.
INTO THAT. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ACTUALLY
MATTERS, THIS IS HOW I’M GOING
TO HELP WOMEN WHEN I BEAT DONALD
TRUMP BECAUSE, AND THEN LIST THE
THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS
DONE, THE RETROGRADE POLICIES,
HOW HE’S GOING TO MOVE AMERICA
FORWARD, THAT’S WHAT AMERICANS
CARE ABOUT, BUT HE WASN’T GOOD
AT ANY OF IT.
HE WASN’T GOOD, ROBERT GIBBS, HE
WASN’T GOOD AT RESPONDING WHEN
HE GAVE AN ANSWER AND ELIZABETH
WARREN INTERRUPTED, I MEAN,
BARACK OBAMA, BILL CLINTON,
RONALD REAGAN WOULD TURN AND
DONALD TRUMP WOULD TURN AND SAY,
HEY, LET ME FINISH ANSWERING THE
QUESTION UNLESS YOU WANT TO JUST
SIT UP HERE AND POSE ALL DAY.
I’LL LET YOU POSE ALL DAY, BUT
IF I’M NOT IN THIS DEBATE, I’M
GOING TO WALK OUT.
TAKE CONTROL AND FOR A GUY WORTH
$55 BILLION AND SAYS HE CAN RUN
THE WORLD, HE COULDN’T EVEN RUN
HIS OWN MICROPHONE LAST NIGHT,
SO I’M WONDERING IF FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CLASS, HIS