Sanders blasts Trump's 'rigged Cabinet' in tweetstorm

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tore into President-Elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks Thursday, arguing his selections are "rigged" against the American people.

"Is Mr. [Steve] Mnuchin, a former executive at Goldman Sachs, going to rein in Wall Street's greed and illegal behavior? I doubt it," the former presidential candidate tweeted, adding the Twitter hashtag "rigged Cabinet."

Sanders had earlier blasted Trump for picking Mnunchin to be his Treasury secretary, saying in a joint statement with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that the selection goes against his campaign pledge to change Washington and "drain the swamp."

Sanders also ripped the selection of Exxon-Mobile leader Rex Tillerson, Trump's pick to lead the State Department, and Scott Pruitt, his choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.


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[Equinox Moon]

1. Thanks for speaking out Bernie!

Clearly, the trump administration has a theme of bull-dozing the American government.

[cilla4progress]

2. Knr

[tecelote]

3. The comments are scary.

So many comrades toeing the party line.

[DK504]

4. Everything about this time in our country is frightening.

Bernie and Elizabeth Warren are the only ones in the Congress doing their jobs. 2 out of 538.

[JudyM]

7. Lone voices... certainly seems that no one else is raising much of a stink about the growing swamp.

[Arazi]

8. It is weird. Why are top Dems so quiet?

Why did it take a Green Party leader to fight to ensure electoral integrity?

[JudyM]

9. And Clinton chose not to step up in her place when Stein was dismissed as not having a stake.

[Arazi]

10. Ikr? Very disappointing

[wordpix]

12. yes, very disappointing. Stop licking your wounds and get in the fight, Hillary!

She started with a speech last night to donors but...I agree she needs to do more.

[moonscape]

13. And Schumer is not comforting n/t

[JudyM]

15. True. Tiny profile these days.

[wordpix]

11. my blue state CT's senators and congresspeople are also lone voices but

they're def speaking up.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. At any one time

Wall Street will only allow us to have a handful of honest politicians. Enough to give us false hope, but not enough to be of any consequence. The republic had been dead for decades, the only thing that has changed is now a loose cannon will have access to the nuclear launch codes.

[riderinthestorm]

5. Go Bernie! nt

[Abouttime]

6. I love Bernie

We also need to change the filibuster rules back to where they traditionally were, 60 votes needed to confirm! We can't let the repukes get away with changing the rules!