Democrats trade attacks at most contentious debate yet

The Democratic debate on Wednesday night featured nonstop fireworks, kicking off with every candidate on stage going after former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. [View in browser]( [Image]( FEBRUARY 19, 2020 [Image]( Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Democratic debate on Wednesday night featured [nonstop fireworks](, kicking off with every candidate on stage going after former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. The night broke down into a two-hour slug fest. The first hit at the NBC/MSNBC debate came from front-runner Bernie Sanders, who ripped Bloomberg for his record as mayor. Sanders slammed Bloomberg for the controversial stop-and-frisk policing policy his administration used, "which went after Latino and African American people in outrageous ways," Sanders said, adding that Bloomberg's record "is not going to" increase voter turnout. Bloomberg hit back, saying, "I don’t think there's any chance of the senator beating President Trump." Tensions between former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar — the two Midwesterners who have both geared their campaigns to appeal to centrist Democrats and disillusioned Republicans and who have lashed out at each other in increasingly personal ways — also bubbled over repeatedly. - [Watch highlights of the Democratic debate in 5 minutes.]( Some memorable lines: Elizabeth Warren to Mike Bloomberg: "This is also a question about electability. We are not going to beat Donald Trump with a man who has, who knows how many, nondisclosure agreements and the drip, drip, drip of stories of women saying they have been harassed and discriminated against." Amy Klobuchar: "I wish everyone was as perfect as you, Pete." Pete Buttigieg to Klobuchar: "This is the arena, too. You don't have to be in Washington to matter." Joe Biden to Sen. Sanders: "The only companies we can't go after are gun manufacturers, cause of my buddy here." Mike Bloomberg to Sen. Sanders on "Medicare for All" proposal: "You don't start out by saying I've got 160 million people, I’m going to take away the insurance plan they love." Bloomberg, defending the non-disclosure agreements and reports about harassment of women at his company: "None of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe they didn't like a joke I told." IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: VIDEOS [Image]( [McCaskill: Las Vegas Debate was 'a presidential version of 'Survivor']( Former Senator Claire McCaskill shares her thoughts on how the 2020 Democratic candidates did at the Las Vegas debate. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [Lawrence O'Donnell: Bloomberg 'suffered the worst blows']( The MSNBC panel discusses the entrance of a new debater to the Democratic debate stage, and how Elizabeth Warren and other candidates took aim at Mike Bloomberg over reported non-disclosure agreements, among other issues. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( MORE VIDEOS Chris Matthews on debate: Elizabeth Warren came back tonight ([Video]() Wallace: Debate proved Buttigieg most disciplined candidate ([Video]() Amy Klobuchar: Not my favorite night for the Democratic Party ([Video]() Joe Biden: I'm going to beat Trump 'like a drum,' can't wait to debate him ([Video]() Trump to install loyalist with no intelligence experience as DNI ([Rachel Maddow]() Roger Stone to receive sentencing tomorrow ([Deadline: White House]() 70k have already voted in Nevada Caucuses ([Hardball]() MORE NEWS STORIES - [Airports warn of chaos with looming Real ID license deadline]( - [Rod Blagojevich says he's a 'freed political prisoner' after Trump commutes sentence]( - [Trump admin offered Assange a pardon if he cleared Russia over email leak, lawyer says]( - [E. Jean Carroll fired from ELLE magazine following Trump rape allegation]( CONTINUING COVERAGE Saturday, join MSNBC for special coverage of the Nevada Caucus. Brian Williams and Joy Reid will report live from Las Vegas, while Nicolle Wallace and our panel of political experts break down the incoming results live in-studio with Steve Kornacki at the big board. Watch our special live coverage of the Nevada Caucus, Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. [Image] Tell us what you think of the news. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) This newsletter was prepared for you by Stephanie Siek and Sam Go. Check out ["The Day That Was,"]( our primetime video recap. Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)