Republicans Attacked Elizabeth Warren Last Night. Her Response Is Brilliant
During last night’s travesty of a Republican presidential debate, a super PAC ran a $500,0000 ad that depicted Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MASS) as a Communist dictator and disparaged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the nonexistent harm it is doing to the economy. The ad was paid for by lobbyists for “Navient, a student loan company that the CFPB is currently investigating for allegedly cheating student loan borrowers”. in order to turn the public against the regulations that are keeping our economy and our bank accounts safe from the ravenous greed of casino capitalism, Warren took to Twitter to respond – and unleashed a devastating volley of facts that put this nonsense to shame.
So… Can we talk about that ad that just ran during the #GOPDebate where I look like a Commie dictator?
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
Wall Street has a problem: They know the @CFPB is working, & it’s incredibly popular with the families it helps. #GOPDebate
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
The @CFPB has forced the big financial companies to return more than $11B to people they cheated on credit cards, mortgages, etc. #GOPDebate — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
Thousands of dollars on a TV ad is nothing compared to the money the big banks save if their GOP buddies go after the @CFPB. #GOPDebate — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
Wall Street knows if they soften @CFPB support, the GOP will feel better undercutting the agency in closed-door deals. #GOPDebate
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
So here’s my message to Wall Street & their GOP buddies: we’re ready to fight back to protect the @CFPB. #GOPDebate
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) November 11, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by President Obama and Senator Warren in order to keep the Wall Street banks in check, to prevent them from extorting the American people out of their hard-earned money, and to keep them from tanking our economy with their reckless, greedy gambles. It’s clear that if a Republican wins the next election, all the progress we’ve made towards uplifting the American middle class and reining in the power of the ultra-wealthy will all be for naught — making this election one of the most important our nation will ever see. Electing a strong progressive like Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton is of the utmost importance for the financial health of our nation.
You can watch this disgusting appeal to Cold War paranoia here:
Opinion columnist and former editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.