Tonight, the Democratic Party is holding a debate in South Carolina. Tensions are high as the candidates get more desperate to stand out and get those votes needed to propel them toward Super Tuesday. Mike Bloomberg has been predictably hit for his history of bad work practices as well as his pariah standing as a billionaire in an era overrun by extraordinary income inequality. After Sen. Elizabeth Warren hit Bloomberg for his financial support of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, Bloomberg decided to point out that he also spent lots of money on Democratic campaigns. His boast was a strong and importantly, a factual one. But he had a hard time sticking the landing, offering the kind of Freudian slip only a billionaire could make.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: Let's just go on the record. They talk about 40 democrats. 21 of those were people they spent $100 million to help elect. 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.
It was a stuttering moment, but it was clearly a moment where Michael’s inside voice came out before he had time to think.