By Vivian Ho in San Francisco (now) and Kenya Evelyn in New York and Martin Belam (earlier)
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10.31pm GMT
Mike Bloomberg had to apologize for his legacy of ‘stop-and-frisk’ as New York mayor before he launched his campaign in November. Now, with just days to go to Super Tuesday, he’s apologizing again, this time for referring to transgender people as “he, she, or it” and “some guy in a dress” who enters girls locker rooms.
“It was a poor attempt to describe how some who oppose transgender equality think about this issue—and those words do not reflect my unwavering support for equality for transgender Americans,” Bloomberg said in an exclusive statement to NewNowNext. “I want to offer my sincerest apologies to the members of the transgender community.”
10.16pm GMT
Hi all, Vivian Ho on the west coast here, taking over for Kenya Evelyn. Politics are happening.
Bernie Sanders appears to have had an impressive past two days in fundraising, according to his campaign.
The @BernieSanders campaign confirms to @NBCNews they’ve raised more than $4.5 million dollars coming from about 246,000 individual contributions in the last 48 hours. No word on # of donors.
Source: ‘Unity, unity, unity’: Pelosi insists Democrats will support nominee amid Sanders surge – live
