Bloomberg's NDAs

Mike Bloomberg took a walloping at last night's debate. One weakness his opponents seized on? He refused to lift gag orders on women who have made sexual harassment claims against him.

An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Bloomberg's NDAs" was published on February 20, 2020 and runs 24 minutes.

February 20, 2020 ·24m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

Mike Bloomberg took a walloping at last night's debate. One weakness his opponents seized on? He refused to lift gag orders on women who have made sexual harassment claims against him.

Episode Description

With just one more debate to go before Super Tuesday, when a third of all the delegates will be apportioned, Democratic hopefuls pulled out all the stops. Klobuchar and Buttigeig duked it out over the party's center. Biden, took aim at Sanders, the field's apparent front-runner. Warren, a policy heavyweight who has so far fallen short of the upper tier, took swings at everyone. And everyone took swings at Mike Bloomberg, a newcomer to the debate stage who has largely avoided scrutiny by shunning the rallies and town-halls of retail politics, opting instead for massive ad-buys that befit a billionaire's self-funded campaign. Warren challenged him directly to lift the non-disclosure agreements that are reportedly preventing women from coming forward with allegations of workplace gender discrimination against the former mayor.

On today's show:
Julie Roginsky, advocate, activist, political consultant, former FOX News contributor, a plaintiff in the harassment suit against Roger Ailes, and co-founder of Lift Our Voices, a non-profit that pushes for an end to non-disclosure agreements s.