Van Jones: "A disaster for Mike Bloomberg. Titanic meet iceberg, and her name is Elizabeth Warren."

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29. Bloomberg has participated in lots of debates in the past.

He was expected to perform in this one better than he did.

https://gothamist.com/news/bloombergs-past-debate-opponents-have-a-warning-for-democratic-candidates-dont-underestimate-him

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg knows his way around a debate stage. In his three previous bids for office, he faced off against competitors more than half a dozen times, both as a Republican and then later an Independent. His former rivals say that while Bloomberg might not shine on the debate stage, he certainly comes prepared.

Running for president as a Democrat, Bloomberg will suit up for the primary debate on Wednesday night—his first time facing five other candidates—thanks to a tweak last month to the national party’s debate qualification rules.

While Bloomberg officially qualified for the debate on Tuesday morning, when the latest NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll showed him with 19% support nationally, second only to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the NY Times reports that his campaign has been steadily prepping him to take the stage, running mock debates with stand-in candidates.

While his style is crisp and sometimes curt, those who have debated him before said the billionaire businessman’s minimalism should not be underestimated.