Opinion | The Democrats Make Bloomberg Their PC Punching Bag

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From WSJopinion: Michael Bloomberg was a great businessman and a good mayor. The hallmark of political correctness, however, is that words matter more than deeds, writes Joseph Epstein

Potomac Watch: Highlights from NBC News's Democratic presidential debate on Feb. 19, 2020, in which Michael Bloomberg is piled on by other candidates including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden. Image: Bridget Bennett/AFP via Getty ImagesPoor Democrats. As if they don’t already have enough trouble, they also happen to be lashed to political correctness. How firmly lashed we learned at last week’s presidential debate, in which candidates competed over who is the most PC.

This came out emphatically in the attacks on Michael Bloomberg. He was vulnerable on the two major political-correctness fronts: race and the treatment of women. Nearly everyone on the debate stage took a moment out to spit upon Mr. Bloomberg for his stop-and-frisk policy while mayor of New...

 

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opinion PC is about using the 'correct' words and phrases. Stop and frisk did real damage.

opinion Get Well Soon President Trump!!

opinion The title of the WSJ is an insult to the whole Chinese people. That is not human rights and freedom of expression. You have hurt ordinary Chinese citizens not relating to politics, and even your Chinese employees have protested collectively. Dare to apologize is a decent media

opinion Detaining black people hoping to find a crime is incorrect beyond just 'politically'.

opinion I mean I think stop and frisk counts as a deed, but ok

opinion Billionaires have no place in the worker's party. Bloomberg is a Republican. He should run as a Republican. Nobody is buying his act.

opinion Democrats are really big on political correctness n on minorities

opinion Only in politics do 'words matter more than deeds'

opinion His words are bad and his deeds are worse

opinion Ah, sweet Karma

opinion Why am I not surprised an Epstein is defending MikeBloomberg?

opinion Bloomberg is the only one with the smarts & experience to unite this country! Bloomberg 2020!

opinion thanks for lending me your private jet so I could stop down at Little St. James, bro!

opinion LOL! Stop and frisk! Deeds matter too.

opinion I dunno, I think his 'stop and frisk' history counts as deeds, and it's speaking pretty loudly.

opinion Bloomberg is going to get Trump elected! NotMeUs Bernie2020 Bernie via YouTube

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