It does seem tempting to call the entire group of Democratic candidates for 2020 socialists, although the party has put up some “moderates” like Joe Biden. Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist, and he seems to be most directly in competition with Elizabeth Warren when it comes to policy. However, Bloomberg is insisting (in a since-deleted tweet) that not only is Warren a capitalist; she’d be “better for business and the economy than President Trump.”

Note that this is filed under Bloomberg Opinion, not Bloomberg Fact.

She advocates for free markets? She wants to take over health care, childcare, you name it, all while promising to break up the big corporations.

She's more socialist than she is Native American. — Charles DeGlopper (@bronzebarbarian) October 2, 2019

Yeah, no. Comrade Liz is one second hand Che t-shirt shy of being the full Bernie. — Will Collier (@willcollier) October 2, 2019

Communist or Marxist?? Cuz she’s definitely not a capitalist. — ??John ?? (@DaBearsk35) October 2, 2019

Definitely a socialist — IN Pool Player (@IN_PoolPlayer) October 2, 2019

Tell her to stop talking about a government takeover of the healthcare industry, redistribution of wealth, and using government to go after private companies through regulation — Destructive Chemistry (@DestructiveChem) October 2, 2019

You're right. More of a fascist/communist, to be honest. — I'm supposed to be working right now… (@hereforthejava) October 2, 2019

Okay, okay. She’s a communist. — Anthony Amore (@anthonymamore) October 2, 2019

She is a socialist. — Jennifer Devine (@Wavejenny) October 2, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is a socialist — Preston White (@PrestonWhite12) October 2, 2019

…start calling her what she is, a totalitarian dictator. — Blackcatprowliii (@Blackcatprowl3) October 2, 2019

Agreed. Communist is more apt — ScottyB (@Scottys_Tweets) October 2, 2019

We think Bloomberg had it right earlier:

Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax would be an abuse of government power. It is the tax-code equivalent of looting mansions https://t.co/fDNz9xqdYI — Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) September 5, 2019

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