The edited video made the other Democrats on the debate stage look dumbfounded, which is wrong. Because no one looked dumbfounded.
Just…dumb. And that includes Mini-Mike.
Via Fox News.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is under fire by members of the mainstream media for sharing what has been described as a “deceptively edited” clip clearly mocking his 2020 rivals at the Democratic debate.
Bloomberg had some fun on Thursday morning at the expense of his Democratic rivals and shared a clip of that exchanged but overtly embellished the response from the others on the debate stage, showing blank facial expressions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., over a lengthy 20 seconds with the sounds of crickets being heard throughout….
However, some from the mainstream media sounded the alarm.
“This is pretty wild: After Mike Bloomberg bombed at the debate last night, his campaign cut a deceptive video to make it look like he did well,” Politico reporter Holly Otterbein reacted….“This edit is a lie,” BuzzFeed News politics reporter Dominic Holden exclaimed, “Bloomberg’s video shows he asks if anyone else on stage has started a business and a full 20 seconds pass in silence. in reality, Bloomberg kept talking after a second and the rest let him.”….
Anyone? pic.twitter.com/xqhq5qFYVk
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 20, 2020
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