"To start a four-year job, or maybe an eight-year job, at age 79 may not be the smartest thing to do. But if I think if I thought I could win, I would have,” the 77-year-old billionaire media mogul explained. Bloomberg was referring to the efforts Biden has made to cast himself as "progressive," even recently backtracking on calling Vice President Pence a "decent" person after liberal actress Cynthia Nixon complained. "And so everybody else, Beto, whatever his name is, he's apologized for being born,” said Bloomberg, which brought laughter from the audience. Bloomberg seriously considered launching a presidential bid, and earlier this year he made campaign-style swings through the early voting primary and caucus states.

Source: Fox News March 22, 2019 13:38 UTC