Billionaire dodges when asked if "tribalism" tweet referred to Elizabeth Warren's heritage

[BeckyDem]

By Stephen Gandel

November 19, 2019 / 6:14 PM / MoneyWatch

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein played coy when asked whether his recent tweet accusing Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of "tribalism" was a reference to her Native American heritage.

Appearing on CNBC on Tuesday, the billionaire compared himself to an "impressionist painter" after being asked directly why he tweeted last week that "Maybe tribalism is just in her DNA" when he criticized her plans to target the country's ultra-rich with higher taxes.

"It's like looking at a piece of impressionist art," Blankfein replied. "You ask yourself, 'What is the artist thinking?' It's really for you to take away."

Politico called the former Wall Streeter's tweet mocking, while others have been more direct in calling it a slur. As his comment drew scrutiny, Blankfein told CNBC he is ready to "bury the hatchet" with Warren, using another phrase that some might take as a veiled reference to her ethnicity.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lloyd-blankfein-elizabeth-warren-tweet-meaning-tribalism/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Blankfein can eat a bag of shit

Hope that wasn't too 'abstract' for ya.

[BeckyDem]

2. +1 The Wall Street titans are freaking out over her, its not just him, even if she doesn't win. lol

‘Putting aside whether she was president or not, if she was the Democratic candidate, the stock market will adjust — probably downward — in a material way as soon as that became clear.’


That’s John Studzinski, Pimco’s managing director and vice chairman, joining a long line of Elizabeth Warren critics whose livelihood is tied to Wall Street. “If she does get the nomination, markets will be nervous about that,” he told CNBC in an interview Tuesday at the East Tech West conference in China.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elizabeth-warren-doesnt-even-need-to-win-the-presidency-to-wreak-havoc-in-the-stock-market-pimco-warns-2019-11-19

[MontanaFarmer]

3. These fucking people.

They can talk all day about social responsibility, an economy that works for everyone, blah fucking blah. Threaten to touch one scintilla of the gobs of money they're hoarding and they reveal themselves, every time. Wish he'd jump off the top of Goldman sachs.

[Sloumeau]

4. Boo! Enough of these slurs from Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein!

It's bad enough that he's the CEO of Goldman Sachs. Then he has to slur Senator Warren with "tribalism". "DNA", and "bury the hatchet". Crawl back under your rock, Lloyd!

[redqueen]

5. This isn't going away.

Just saying.

If a republican had done what she did, I doubt dems would let it go either.

[BeckyDem]

6. Is that right? What I see is a crook who knows exactly who his comments appeal to,

Trump's supporters. He won't be voting nor supporting her, and not due to her lineage.

[redqueen]

8. It's not just him we have to worry about.

If she's the nominee it won't be just him making hay out of this.

His comments also appeal to independents, swing voters, and people who avoid politics but who would help if we could get them to the polls to vote for a dem.

[BeckyDem]

9. I don't see it that way at all, I am not concerned about that.

I am concerned when HE is no longer worried about a candidate and his history shows what his priorities are.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Lord Blankfein is a fucking scumbag.