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saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 12:31 PM Sep 2019

"A win for Elizatheth Warren would be a loss for the big banks.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/did-cnbcs-jim-cramer-just-give-us-the-greatest-warren-campaign-ad-possible-2019-09-10?mod=bniim

CNBC host Jim Cramer says a win for Elizabeth Warren would be a loss for the big banks — she agrees

Shawn Langlois
Published: Sept 11, 2019 10:14 a.m. ET

‘Her ideas for big, structural change have Wall Street executives shaking in their freshly polished leather shoes’ — Team Warren
Outspoken TV personality Jim Cramer talked Tuesday with his CNBC crew about how banks are sweating the possibility of Elizabeth Warren as president.

“When you get off the desk and talk to executives, they’re more fearful of her winning,” he said, adding that he’s been hearing the phrase, “She’s got to be stopped,” echoing around Wall Street of late.

While bank execs might have reason to be concerned of what Warren could mean for their company and their shareholders, Adam Best of “The Left” podcast doesn’t really see that as a negative for prospective voters.

“This is the greatest Warren campaign ad possible,” he says:
...snip
Warren, described as “a champion of the left wing for her bank-bashing and wealth-taxing proposals,” is a “very compelling figure on the stump,” Cramer said. He predicted she’s going to win Iowa, whose caucuses are set for Feb. 3. If that happens, he continued, “it would be a suboptimal situation for the banks.”

CNBC’s David Faber agreed. “It’s another reason why companies are being implored to do things now... because, come early to mid-2020 if Elizabeth Warren is rolling along, everybody is going to be like, ‘That’s it,’ ” he said.

Someone else liked it, too: “I’m Elizabeth Warren, and I approve this message,” the senior senator from Massachusetts said in a tweet:
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"A win for Elizatheth Warren would be a loss for the big banks. (Original Post) saidsimplesimon Sep 2019 OP
Yeah, no more wild, wild West splunge63 Sep 2019 #1
I don't think MSM would be happy either. Sneederbunk Sep 2019 #2
Yay! AllyCat Sep 2019 #3
lol at 'bank-bashing' Celerity Sep 2019 #4
It's another reason --unethical-- companies are being implored to do things now knightmaar Sep 2019 #5
 

splunge63

(102 posts)
1. Yeah, no more wild, wild West
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 12:36 PM
Sep 2019

I mean, what could go wrong? /s

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Sneederbunk

(14,290 posts)
2. I don't think MSM would be happy either.
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 12:43 PM
Sep 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Celerity

(43,330 posts)
4. lol at 'bank-bashing'
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 02:32 PM
Sep 2019

Those motherfuckers are the biggest criminals on the planet. The nanosecond someone even hints at putting reform in, they go crying BASH! BASH!! BASH!!

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knightmaar

(748 posts)
5. It's another reason --unethical-- companies are being implored to do things now
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 02:58 PM
Sep 2019

That's a really important adjective.

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