In an interview with PBS last September, Bloomberg came to the defense of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, denying that the general secretary of the Communist Party of China is a dictator.

“Xi Jinping is not a dictator; he has to satisfy his constituents or he’s not going to survive,” Bloomberg said. The remark has been resurfaced again this week as Bloomberg criticizes Bernie Sanders for praising Fidel Castro’s literacy program.

On transgender people

In March of last year, the same month Bloomberg wrote an op-ed for his own news service saying he wouldn’t run for president, he referred to transgender people as “he, she, or it” and “some guy in a dress” during a talk in Manhattan. The remarks were published by BuzzFeed News, which notes that it’s not the first time he has used the construction. In response, the Bloomberg campaign did not address the comments, but said the candidate “understands that the transgender community has been under attack for decades and the advance of rights has not been equal.”