Buttigieg: Mike Bloomberg Is ‘Not ... What Most Democrats Believe In’

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MATTHEWS: "What do you think makes Mike Bloomberg like Donald Trump? You say they’re similar."
BUTTIGIEG: "Well, I think there’s a theory out there that says, okay, let’s put up one New York billionaire against another new York billionaire, but I don’t want us to spend the next few months arguing over who created a more toxic environment for women or any of the other weaknesses that were on such striking display on the debate stage. You know, let me be clear. Mike Bloomberg is politically nothing like Donald Trump. But he’s also not like what most Democrats believe in. Somebody who opposed Barack Obama, somebody who opposed increases in the minimum wage. Here we have three mayors who were on the stage last night. The other night at the debate. I’m the only one who’s actually been a democratic mayor and I think that’s what Democrats are looking for, somebody who has been consistent in standing for the values of this party and also ready to do it in a new way that can invite independents and some crossover Republicans into the coalition to beat Donald Trump."