NEW: In audio at a closed door event at in June 2016, Mike Bloomberg said his presidential campaign platform would be to "defend the banks," joked about droning his personal enemies, and called the progressive movement and Elizabeth Warren "scary."
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"To start, my first campaign platform would be to defend the banks, and you know how well that's gonna sell in this country," he said.
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"But seriously," he went on, "somebody's gotta stand up and do what we need. A healthy banking system that's going to take risks because that's what creates the jobs for everybody. And nobody's willing to say that."
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"The left is arising. The progressive movement is just as scary," he said, as the far right. "Elizabeth Warren on one side. And whoever you want to pick on the Republicans on the right side?"
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On endorsing Obama in 2012, he said his endorsement was "back-handed" and criticized his first term saying he would have supported Romney if he governed as he did in Massachusetts.
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“The second Obama election I wrote a very backhanded endorsement of Obama. Saying I thought he hadn't done the right thing, hadn't done, hadn't been good at things that I think are important and Romney would be a better person at doing that."
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Audio of the comments were anonymously sent to CNN and Bloomberg's campaign confirmed them. A spokesman for Goldman Sachs declined to comment. CNN confirmed the event in question occurred through Facebook photos.
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Comments from Bloomberg's campaign below
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Comments from Bloomberg's campaign below
