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Posted: 2020-02-26T02:59:33Z | Updated: 2020-02-26T15:24:13Z

Elizabeth Warren came out of the gates swinging during Tuesday nights Democratic presidential debate and her first target was former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg .

The senator from Massachusetts once again attacked Bloomberg for making some of his female employees sign nondisclosure agreements. She also hammered at allegations that he once told a female employee to abort a pregnancy so she wouldnt need to take maternity leave. More than 60 women have sued Bloomberg and his company, Bloomberg LP, for sex discrimination and sexual harassment over the years.

Warren said the alleged pregnancy discrimination comment, in which Bloomberg reportedly told the employee to kill it, was personal for her, she said, recounting that she was let go from her first teaching job once she became visibly pregnant.

I didnt have a union to protect me, and I didnt have any federal law on my side. So I packed up my stuff and I went home, Warren said. At least I didnt have a boss who said to me, Kill it, the way Mayor Bloomberg is alleged to have said to one of his pregnant employees.