Bloomberg Vows to End Resolving Sexual Harassment Accusations With Nondisclosure Agreements. Warren Responds, 'Boy, I Guess.'

Wednesday night, America watched as Sen. Elizabeth Warren pulled zero punches as she pummeled the hell out of former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg on stage during the last 2020 democratic debate. Warren went all 2pac โ€œHit Emโ€™ Upโ€ style on Bloomberg attacking him on everything from his notorious โ€œstop and friskโ€ policy to his treatment…

Wednesday night, America watched as Sen. Elizabeth Warren pulled zero punches as she pummeled the hell out of former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg on stage during the last 2020 democratic debate. Warren went all 2pac โ€œHit Emโ€™ Upโ€ style on Bloomberg attacking him on everything from his notorious โ€œstop and friskโ€ policy to his treatment of women โ€” and especially, to quote The Rootโ€™s Stephen A. Crockett Jr., his โ€œcountless non-disclosure agreements with women preventing them from speaking publicly on alleged experiences with sexism and harassment, and his overall douchiness.โ€

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โ€œ[The Democratic field is running against somebody] who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbiansโ€”and no, Iโ€™m not talking about Donald Trumpโ€ฆIโ€™m talking about Mayor Bloomberg,โ€ said Warren. โ€œMr. Mayor, are you willing to release all of those women from those nondisclosure agreements? So we can hear their side of the story?โ€

During the debate, Bloomberg could only muster up a response so lame that Bill โ€œI Didnโ€™t Inhaleโ€ Clinton was probably like, โ€œBro, how about put some effort into it?โ€

โ€œNone of them accuse me of doing anything, other than maybe they didnโ€™t like a joke I told,โ€ Bloomberg lied probably said. He continued saying that he wouldnโ€™t release them from their agreements claiming theyโ€™d been signed consensually, โ€œThey signed those agreements, and weโ€™ll live with it.โ€

Well, now it looks like the former mayor has changed his tune. Bloomberg posted two tweets on Friday โ€” appearing to respond to Warren โ€” one offering to release three of his accusers from their NDAโ€™s and one claiming outright that he โ€œwonโ€™t offer confidentiality agreements to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward.โ€

https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1230959194825797632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1230972732478763009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Itโ€™s worth mentioning that this only came after Warren continued to attack Bloomberg on the issue of him initially refusing to release accusers from their agreements during a CNN town hall Thursday night.

โ€œSo I used to teach contract law,โ€ Warren said, โ€œAnd I thought I would make this easy. I wrote up a release and covenant not to sue. And all that Mayor Bloomberg has to do is download it. Iโ€™ll text it. Sign it, and then the women and men will be free to speak and tell their own stories.โ€

According to NBC News, Warren was also none too impressed by Bloombergโ€™s offer to release just three of his accusers from their agreements.

โ€œThatโ€™s just not good enough. Michael Bloomberg needs to do a blanket release so that all women whoโ€™ve been muzzled by non-disclosure agreements can step up and tell their side of the story in terms of what Michael Bloomberg has done,โ€ Warren told reporters in Las Vegas. โ€œIf heโ€™s limiting the number then you canโ€™t know whether there are three, or 30 or 300, and that should not be within the control of Michael Bloomberg. Heโ€™s going to have to be fully transparent on this issue.โ€

So basically, Warren hit Bloomberg with her own version of, โ€œWe donโ€™t believe you, you need more people!โ€

She certainly is not alone in that sentiment.

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