Elizabeth Warren Destroyed Bloomberg Over 'Horse-Faced Lesbian' Remark

Last night’s Democratic Debate was a bloodbath, with Mayor Mike Bloomberg being the easily targeted victim — though it feels wrong to call a billionaire who long defended NYC’s stop-and-frisk policy and referred to trans people as “it" a victim. All the same, he was completely obliterated on the stage by multiple candidates, but Senator Elizabeth Warren took some of the most devastating shots.

Warren wasted no time blasting Bloomberg for some of the exact same misogynistic bs that have long had Democrats denouncing President Trump.

“I’d like to talk about who we’re running against: a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians,’” Warren said, mincing absolutely zero words. “And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.”

She continued: “Democrats are not going to win if we have a nominee who has a history of hiding his tax returns, of harassing women, and of supporting racist policies like redlining and stop-and-frisk. Look, I’ll support whoever the Democratic nominee is. But understand this: Democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another.”

Bloomberg was previously accused of referring to women as 'fat broad' and 'horsey-faced lesbian' in a 1990 book of one-liners his colleagues accused him of saying. While he has never explicitly admitted to these comments, The New York Times pointed out that a spokesperson for him said last year that Bloomberg acknowledges some of his past remarks towards women were "disrespectful and wrong," prompting many to believe the accusations are accurate.

Meanwhile, Warren has previously been endorsed by the executive editors of both Out and Advocate for her strong platform on LGBTQ issues and her readiness to address the epidemic of violence against black trans women, among other progressive stances she has taken and created plans to enact.

While both she and the other candidates got in a number of scathing critiques of Bloomberg throughout the night, Warren’s other particularly memorable moment was demanding the billionaire release former employees of his company from non-disclosure agreements so that they could discuss the gender discrimination allegations that had been made, allegations Bloomberg dismissed as them maybe not liking a joke he made.

“I hope you heard what his defense was: ‘I’ve been nice to some women,’” Warren went off, echoing the eye roll of every woman across the world who’s heard the ‘it was a joke’ excuse a million times.

While we've still got a ways to go in the primaries before we figure out who will be facing off against President Trump in the general election, it's absolutely beautiful to see someone pull no punches when it comes to defending women, slamming racist policies, and shaming the use of garbage homophobic rhetoric.