Bloomberg got pummeled in front of a roomful of his fans. Warren supporters got to enjoy every minute of it
The night started off promisingly enough: Roughly 70 supporters were there for tip-off, either perched on folding chairs or piling their plates with selections from a generous halal buffet .
He seemed satisfied: The crowd felt “deflated. Bloomberg just got dragged … When his record gets brought up at all, this room goes silent,” he noted. Nicole Anselm, who was invited to the watch party after signing up to volunteer for Bloomberg, also had reservations about the debate. In particular, Anselm, who is black and lived in New York during Bloomberg’s three terms, was given pause by his defense of stop-and-frisk. But she was quick to add, “It did work — the numbers show … I know his intentions were good.”
All that seemed forgotten Wednesday night, as Warren — whose debate stage performances were somewhat restrained until now — finally got the chance to go head-to-head with her favorite campaign trail foil: the greedy billionaire. Supporters, like Matthew Malloy, who will tell you proudly that — “fun fact” — he happened to be the very last person in the selfie line with Warren when she appeared in Washington Square Park last summer were delighted.
“Am I scared? No,” she says. “With love comes vulnerability.” And, win or lose, Adams takes some comfort in the fact that, “by being a [Warren] supporter, I’ve done everything I could — I left it all on the field for this country.”
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