Wall Street donors trying to block Warren pick

Posted by | June 20, 2016 09:22 | Filed under: Politics


Wall Street is nervous that Hillary Clinton might choose Elizabeth Warren as her running mate.

In a dozen interviews, major Democratic donors in the financial services industry said they saw little chance that Clinton would pick the liberal firebrand as her vice presidential nominee. These donors despise Warren’s attacks on the financial industry. But they also think her selection would be damaging to the economy. And they warned that if Clinton surprises them and taps Warren, big donations from the industry could vanish.

“If Clinton picked Warren, her whole base on Wall Street would leave her,” said one top Democratic donor who has helped raise millions for Clinton. “They would literally just say, ‘We have no qualms with you moving left, we understand all the things you’ve had to do because of Bernie Sanders, but if you are going there with Warren, we just can’t trust you, you’ve killed it.’”

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5 responses to Wall Street donors trying to block Warren pick

  1. oldfart June 20th, 2016 at 09:33

    Well, there’s a new twist.
    Guess we’re going to find out just how beholden Hillary really is to wall street…

    • amersham46 June 20th, 2016 at 20:02

      Yes and no , Warren could do more being a Majority Chair of an committee that carries a lot of weight

  2. Mike June 20th, 2016 at 09:50

    JMO but I think Warren can be more effective in the senate … Hill needs a male counterpart to balance he ticket … Someone who could be a true successor …Lots of good choices out there.

  3. Obewon June 20th, 2016 at 09:52

    There is absolutely no probability of running both a Female Vice President and POTUS in 2016~.

  4. oldfart June 20th, 2016 at 10:54

    Is it just me or does anyone else see any similarity of wall street to the NRA tactics
    of threatening to withold money over the heads of politicians ???
    This IS what’s wrong with this country.

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