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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg made his debut on Wednesday in the cycle of debates of the US Democratic Party's primary to the White House and quickly became the easy target of the rest of the candidates.

The debate, the ninth , took place in Las Vegas (Nevada), which next Saturday will celebrate the Democratic primary after the last weeks in Iowa and New Hampshire, which have left leftist Bernie Sanders and moderate Pete Buttigieg in the lead .

Bloomberg, former mayor of New York , qualified for this debate for the first time thanks to his projections in the polls above 10% after investing about 370 million dollars in advertising , although the rest of the candidates in the candidates have not yet been measured. urns won't even do it until "Super Tuesday" on March 3.

HARASSMENT IN THE TIME OF #METOO

"Democrats are not going to win if we have a candidate with a history of hiding their tax returns , harassing women and supporting racist policies ," said Senator Elizabeth Warren , opening the ban against the billionaire.

Warren, in fact, insisted on the accusations that exist against Bloomberg for harassment and sexist comments and urged him to "free" the women with whom he has signed confidentiality pacts so that they can speak freely about their experiences.

"We are not going to win Trump with a man who has who knows how many confidentiality agreements with women," the senator warned.

Bloomberg , meanwhile , declined to reveal how many such agreements exist and said the cases will remain secret: "They decided when they reached an agreement that they wanted to keep it silent . "

In addition, the New York City Mayor downplayed the motives that caused his pacts: "Maybe they didn't like any joke I made."

TWO CUPS OF BRASS

The rifirrafe with Warren was just a test for Bloomberg of what the rest of the candidates had prepared for him.

Sanders criticized his recent Republican past, his support for President George W. Bush (2001-2009) and now using his fortune to try to "buy" the Democratic nomination.

Senator Amy Klobuchar challenged him for not having made his tax returns public and compared him in that regard with the current president of the United States, Donald Trump : "I think we need something different from Trump. I don't think you look at Trump and say: "We need someone even richer in the White House."

Former Vice President Joe Biden , on the other hand, reproached him for his racist police policies as mayor of New York and also for opposing Obamacare , the health law of Barack Obama (2009-2017) that provided coverage to millions of Americans.

Bloomberg , generally, ignored these attacks, and at the end of the debate was the one who talked less time about the six participants -13 minutes and 2 seconds-, despite having been the most challenged.

SANDERS, THE FAVORITE

Sanders benefited from the emergence of Bloomberg since the new condition of the leftist senator, who leads all the polls with a comfortable difference, favorite to win the primaries also made him the perfect target of his rivals.

In spite of this, the senator did not come out completely unscathed, since the fact that the primaries have already begun officially turned the debate into a fierce survival combat between applicants not seen to date.

Sanders was attacked for his social-democratic proposals (in the United States labeled as "socialists") such as the establishment of a public and universal health system, but also for not making exhaustive medical reports about his health after the heart attack he suffered in October.

That Sanders is now the man to beat became evident when none of his rivals pledged to respect the most voted candidate in the primaries in case he did not arrive with the necessary absolute majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, where he will be elected Trump's rival.

Both Bloomberg , but Buttigieg , Warren , Biden and Klobuchar were in favor of reaching pacts reached that disputed scenario.

"We shouldn't have to choose between a candidate who intends to set this match on fire and another candidate who wants to buy this match," Buttigieg said in clear reference to Sanders and Bloomberg.

ROAD TO "SUPER TUESDAY"

With the results of this weekend in Nevada under his arm, Democratic candidates will face each other again in a debate next Tuesday in South Carolina , the fourth state to hold primaries scheduled for Saturday, February 29.

The candidates for the presidential candidacy of the Democratic Party seek with these appointments to arrive highlighted at the "Super Tuesday" on March 3, which with 14 states voting at once, including the two largest: California and Texas , which can leave the primary views for sentence.

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