Bloomberg draws criticism for 2016 remarks about trans rights in Midwest The former New York mayor, a Democratic presidential candidate, referred to "some man wearing a dress."

NBC News ^ | February 6, 2020 | Tim Fitzsimons

[karpov]

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, who recently rolled out his LGBTQ platform, is facing criticism after a 2016 video re-emerged this week, showing him using the term "man in a dress" to describe a hypothetical transgender woman.

In the clip, which was recorded at an event at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, on Dec. 8, 2016, Bloomberg discusses the challenge of appealing to people on the opposite side of a political divide, in this case, Brexit.

Bloomberg said the division between people like him and attendees at the Oxford event, whom he described as "the intelligentsia" and "the vast bulk of people," was a divergence over "equality and protecting individual rights that make no sense to the vast bulk of people."

"They are not opposed to you having some rights, but there's a fundamental disconnect between us believing the rights of the individual come first and the general belief around the world, I think it's fair to say, that the rights of society comes first," Bloomberg continued.

"If you want to know if somebody is a good salesman, give him the job of going to the Midwest and picking a town and selling to that town the concept that some man wearing a dress should be in a locker room with their daughter," Bloomberg said. "If you can sell that, you can sell anything. They just look at you and they say, 'What on Earth are you talking about?'"

A Bloomberg campaign spokesperson pointed out in a statement Thursday that as mayor of New York, Bloomberg signed a gender identity nondiscrimination bill in 2002.

"Mike is running to defeat Donald Trump and reverse the many policies he has implemented that attack the rights of the transgender community," the spokesperson said.

[Fightin Whitey]

In other words, you don't have an answer to the question; and your forlorn man-love for Blooming-idiot-berg continues to this day.

But don't get all hetted up about it. Could just be your oddity is the greatest half of your charm.

[LIConFem]

Mon Dieu!

[Lurkinanloomin]

“man in a dress” to describe a hypothetical transgender woman
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That’s true, might be the first true thing I’ve heard from Little Gulp.

[Jaded]

So basically, he’s a fraud. Politically at least.

[Go Gordon]

"Mike is running to defeat Donald Trump and reverse the many policies he has implemented that attack the rights of the transgender community," the spokesperson said.

[at the debate between DJT and mini-Mike] - Mayor Bloomberg, please list the policies President Trump implemented that attacked the rights of the transgender community.

Isn't it true that transgendered people have the same rights as all other legal citizens?

[miss marmelstein]

Yes. Politically, he is a fraud. If he gets the nomination, he’ll probably run to the right of where the Dems are now. Do not believe him. He loathes the 2nd amendment and believes women in business should abort their babies. He’s a very bad guy.

[grey_whiskers]