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| Democratic debate: Elizabeth Warren's attacks light up social media | Democratic debate: Elizabeth Warren's attacks light up social media |
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| US Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is being praised online for her fiery performance in a televised debate on Wednesday. | US Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is being praised online for her fiery performance in a televised debate on Wednesday. |
| Billionaire Michael Bloomberg was appearing in his first presidential debate in the contest and floundered in the face of rivals' attacks. | Billionaire Michael Bloomberg was appearing in his first presidential debate in the contest and floundered in the face of rivals' attacks. |
| Ms Warren has fallen behind in the race but her attacks on Mr Bloomberg won her the debate on social media. | Ms Warren has fallen behind in the race but her attacks on Mr Bloomberg won her the debate on social media. |
| Bernie Sanders is currently the frontrunner to win the nomination. | Bernie Sanders is currently the frontrunner to win the nomination. |
| The tone for the night was set when Ms Warren, a former teacher who has talked about her experiences of discrimination and unequal pay, branded Mr Bloomberg a "billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians". | The tone for the night was set when Ms Warren, a former teacher who has talked about her experiences of discrimination and unequal pay, branded Mr Bloomberg a "billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians". |
| She repeatedly attacked his record on women's rights, referring to private agreements he made to settle sexual harassment and hostile workplace lawsuits. | She repeatedly attacked his record on women's rights, referring to private agreements he made to settle sexual harassment and hostile workplace lawsuits. |
| She continued her criticism in a tweet after the debate saying: "I hope you heard what Mayor Bloomberg's defence of decades of mistreatment of women was: 'I've been nice to some women.'" | She continued her criticism in a tweet after the debate saying: "I hope you heard what Mayor Bloomberg's defence of decades of mistreatment of women was: 'I've been nice to some women.'" |
| The post was widely shared and #WarrenForTheWin was a top trend on Twitter on Thursday. | The post was widely shared and #WarrenForTheWin was a top trend on Twitter on Thursday. |
| Memes celebrated Ms Warren's "take-down" of Mr Bloomberg. | Memes celebrated Ms Warren's "take-down" of Mr Bloomberg. |
| Another compared Ms Warren to the Harry Potter heroine Hermione Granger who routinely outsmarts her male friends. | Another compared Ms Warren to the Harry Potter heroine Hermione Granger who routinely outsmarts her male friends. |
| Others focussed on the gender balance in the debate, saying that it was "breath of fresh air" watching a female candidate. | Others focussed on the gender balance in the debate, saying that it was "breath of fresh air" watching a female candidate. |
| Ms Warren and Amy Klobuchar are the two female candidates in a field of 10. | Ms Warren and Amy Klobuchar are the two female candidates in a field of 10. |
| In January, Ms Warren said her rival Bernie Sanders had told her a woman could not win this year's presidential election. | In January, Ms Warren said her rival Bernie Sanders had told her a woman could not win this year's presidential election. |
| Mr Bloomberg's lacklustre performance also attracted comment. | |
| The former mayor of New York raised his polling figures into double digits to qualify for the debate after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on his campaign advertising. | |
| But some viewers were not impressed with what he offered in the debate, and one tweeted "Bloomberg brought a wallet to a knife fight". | |
| Others questioned how much money Mr Bloomberg had spent on hiring advisers to prepare for the debate. | |
| Ms Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg's less-than-friendly exchanges also attracted attention on social media. | |
| Who will take on Trump in 2020? | Who will take on Trump in 2020? |