.................. Pete Buttigieg said Democrats risked losing the election if they nominated either Bloomberg or Bernie Sanders, describing the pair as "the two most polarising figures on this stage".
"Most Americans don’t see where they fit if they’ve gotta choose between a socialist who thinks that capitalism is the root of all evil and a billionaire who thinks that money ought to be the root of all power," he said. ................
.................................. Bloomberg bluntly said Sanders could not win the election because of his support for a government-run healthcare system and his identification as a socialist.
"I don’t think there’s any chance of the senator beating President Trump," Bloomberg said.
"You don’t start out saying, 'I have 160 million people, I’ll take away their insurance.' That’s not how you build the coalition that the Sanders camp thinks they can do ... If he’s the candidate we’ll have Donald Trump for another four years." .............
............... After criticising Bloomberg for not yet releasing his tax returns, several candidates also attacked Sanders, who suffered a heart attack last year, for not releasing his medical records. ...............
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