2016 Postmortem

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(19,362 posts) Thu Feb 4, 2016, 01:21 AM Feb 2016

Elizabeth Warren Defends Bernie Sanders From Goldman Sachs CEO

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/elizabeth-warren-defends-bernie-sanders-from-goldman-sachs-ceo-218719
“When Blankfein says that criticizing those who break the rules is dangerous to the economy, then he’s just repeating another variation of ‘too big to fail,’ ‘too big to jail,’ 'too big even to prosecute,'” she said.

In an interview with Bloomberg Politics in January, Sanders slammed Blankfein for continuing to make enormous sums of money “after destroying the economy.” He has repeatedly singled out Goldman Sachs, whose employees have given generously to Clinton over the years, as an example of corporate greed.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/elizabeth-warren-defends-bernie-sanders-from-goldman-sachs-ceo-218719#ixzz3zAs0EHLR

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/election-2016-elizabeth-warren-defends-bernie-sanders-goldman-sachs-criticism

Elizabeth Warren entered the intensifying battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, defending Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders from a new attack by the head of Goldman Sachs — a Wall Street behemoth whose executives have delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton, her presidential campaign and her family’s foundation.

In an interview with International Business Times hours before Wednesday night’s Democratic town hall in New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator — whose endorsement is coveted by both Democratic candidates — slammed Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein for asserting earlier in the day that Sanders’ criticism of Wall Street had created a dangerous environment in America.