Politics & Government
'Hypocrisy at its Worst': Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders Join Forces Against Treasury Pick
They are none to happy with the President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary.
WASHINGTON, DC – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped financial executive and campaign fundraiser Steve Mnuchin to be treasury secretary, and Massachusetts' senior senator is none too happy about it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren teamed up with Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to condemn Trump's nominee Wednesday.
In the rare joint statement from the two influential liberal leaders, Sanders and Warren said:
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"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."
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