Sanders, Warren Joint Statement on Trump's Treasury Nominee

[think]

Sanders, Warren Joint Statement on Trump's Treasury Nominee

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement Wednesday after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Steve Mnuchin to serve as Treasury secretary:

"During the campaign, Donald Trump told the American people that he was going to change Washington by taking on Wall Street. Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, is just another Wall Street insider. That is not the type of change that Donald Trump promised to bring to Washington – that is hypocrisy at its worst. After his bank pocketed billions in taxpayer dollars from the bailout, Mnuchin moved on to make a fortune running another bank that aggressively foreclosed on families still reeling from the crisis. This pick makes clear that Donald Trump wants to cater to the same Wall Street executives that have hurt working families time and again."

Source:
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-warren-joint-statement-on-trumps-treasury-nominee

Related news stories:

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/308137-sanders-warren-team-up-to-slam-trump-treasury-pick

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/11/30/bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-scorch-trumps-treasury-secr/21617944/

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. +1000

[stonecutter357]

2. Hillary's in the backpocket of Goldman Sachs Ya'll.

[NCTraveler]

3. K&R

Thank God we were save from a Clinton GS Presidency.

[R B Garr]

4. Ugh, this is almost word for word what he accused Hillary of.

He doesn't look credible with these rote statements.

[JCanete]

13. and? Credible to who, you? The thing about a sickness that affects the system is that it doesn't get

treated by getting bored of the diagnosis and making up another one, or saying, fuck it, lets just turn the channel on the TV. That should make the patient feel better.

[jambo101]

5. Trump is a total con artist

Tell his supporters anything and they'll believe it,then flip flop on all the election promises and his clueless followers still try to rationalize his behaviors. what fools they are..
Even when it all comes crashing down for them they will blame it on Obama/Clinton/Liberals but never admit to their own stupidity of electing a rank clueless megalomaniac amateur to the position of President.

[BSdetect]

6. Wait till the RW goons start placing people in detention camps prior to deportation

[friendly_iconoclast]

7. Some people are *already* placed into detention camps prior to deportation...

...entirely at the discretion of immigration officials-and have been for years, under both
Democratic and Republican administrations.

The only thing new is Trump blathering on about how he's looking forward to it...

[Garrett78]

8. Anyone with a brain knew Trump would be extremely Wall Street friendly.

But his supporters won't care. They'll find a way to justify it. Cognitive dissonance and all that.

[SMC22307]

15. Of course he is. Wall Street bailed him out of his personal bankruptcies.

Did the Hillary campaign nail him on that? I don't remember.

[bhikkhu]

9. The swamp looks smaller if you get bigger frogs?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

10. He's not draining the swamp in Washington

The swamp is draining him.

[Jose Garcia]

11. I'm sure that there are plenty of people who

got screwed over by his bank who would love to testify at Mnuchin's confirmation hearing.

[think]

12. Great thinking.

And welcome to DU!

[SMC22307]

14. K&R! What a great team... Sanders and Warren. (n/t)