Elizabeth Warren Hits Donald Trump on Twitter Over Economic Policy Speech: Americans ‘Aren’t Dumb’
Democratic Senator Whose Expertise is Consumers and Economics Slams Republican Nominee
Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter after Donald Trump delivered a policy speech on economics that one top Republican economist characterized as a “hot mess.”Â
Warren, a former Harvard Law professor and expert scholar in bankruptcy law whose work led to the creation of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, slammed Trump, reminding him that the “American people are not dumb.”
Among her many criticisms: Trump’s “childcare plan gives billionaires w/ a nanny a tax break while millions of low-income households get nothing.”
She also took Trump to task for calling for fewer regulations, asking if the investment bankers at Bear Stearns, which failed in the 2008 financial crisis, needed “FEWER regs when they helped crash our economy?”Â
Take a look:
.@realDonaldTrump‘s econ plan was written by rich corporate insider advisors to make the economy even greater for rich corporate insiders.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
“Cut regulations massively,†@realDonaldTrump? No rules & no accountability means people get ripped off & markets blow up. Remember 2008?
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
A “moratorium†on agency regulations means stopping new rules on shady payday lenders & too-big-to-fail banks, @realDonaldTrump.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
W/o rules, @realDonaldTrump, too many huge banks juiced profits by cheating ppl on mortgages, credit cards, etc, then crashed our economy.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
Trump gets advice from Bear Stearns’ fmr chief economist. So @realDonaldTrump: did BS need FEWER regs when they helped crash our economy?
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
Cheating customers & gaming the system might be your business, @realDonaldTrump, but it’s not the way America is going to do business.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
And taxes? @realDonaldTrump wants billionaires & giant corps to pay EVEN LESS – so there’s less money for ed, infrastructure & research.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
Even @realDonaldTrump‘s childcare plan gives billionaires w/ a nanny a tax break while millions of low-income households get nothing.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump‘s economics plan is all about helping rich guys like Donald Trump get richer – & leaving everyone else behind.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
The American people aren’t dumb, @realDonaldTrump. We don’t trust you with our nuclear codes AND we don’t trust you with our economy.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) August 8, 2016
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