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Wounded but defiant, Bloomberg promises to keep fighting

• By STEVE PEOPLES and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

The New York ultra-billionaire lashed out at leading Democratic rival Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump, addressing voters face to face in the Super Tuesday state of Utah. That was just hours after struggling to answer dangerous yet predictable questions about his record on race, gender and wealth during a nationally televised beatdown that rattled would-be supporters and thrilled critics in both parties.

Bloomberg didn't go easy in his own review of the Las Vegas debate:

"How was your night last night? Look, the real winner in the debate last night was Donald Trump," Bloomberg told a crowd of several hundred in Utah's largest city.

But then he added: "He thinks I'm going to go away. Wrong, Donald."

Though never onstage with his rivals before Wednesday night, the former New York mayor has built support in national polls though huge expenditures on polished television ads. He released a campaign finance report Thursday that reminded rivals in both parties of his indisputable advantage in the 2020 contest: Money.


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