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Ocasio-Cortez accuses stunned Wells Fargo CEO of financing the 'caging' of children
Fox News ^ | March 13 2019 | Gregg Re

Posted on 03/13/2019 12:17:26 AM PDT by knighthawk

Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan fired back at New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a contentious hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, after the freshman legislator accused the bank of "financing the caging of children" and suggested it should bear financial liability for everything from oil spills to climate change.

Ocasio-Cortez's inquiries come as activists increasingly seek to "deplatform" political opponents by cutting off their funding from banks and other financial services providers -- a concerted effort that conservatives and libertarians have said threatens free speech.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., brought Sloan before the panel Tuesday as part of a broad, four-hour inquiry into widely reported fraudulent misconduct in recent years by Wells Fargo employees. But in questioning Sloan, who faced bipartisan criticism during the hearing, Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described Democratic socialist, quickly went much further.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; ocasiocortez; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; wellsfargo
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To: COBOL2Java
She's the ‘stalking horse’. SHE'S there to spew all the rotten stuff her ‘colleagues’ are too squeamish to say (but believe just the same)
41 posted on 03/13/2019 5:34:16 AM PDT by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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To: knighthawk

“Concluding the hearing, Waters suggested that Wells Fargo should be broken up. Waters also asked Sloan if the bank had become “too big to manage.””

Mad Maxine thinks Wells Fargo is too big to be managed, but doesnt think the entire economy of the United States is too big for DemocRATS to manage.


42 posted on 03/13/2019 5:49:46 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
"People have got to stop the whole show and simply say “that is the most idiotic question, I'm not answering it and can I get a real adult to discuss serious topics?”"

Not likely to happen. We're all expected to address these a**holes as 'The Honorable-so-and-so' or 'my esteemed colleague' or 'the gentleman from...'

Exhibit A is the general (I think) explaining to Hank Johnson that, no, Guam is not prone to tipping over because too many people moved to one side of the island...

43 posted on 03/13/2019 5:50:30 AM PDT by DJ Frisat ( (optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: knighthawk

Mr. Sloan, you’re a banker.

The Democrats have declared Open Season on bankers.

You and your cohorts are apparently too STOOOOOPID to realize this.


44 posted on 03/13/2019 6:01:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: knighthawk

When the AOCommies are in charge there will be no Wells Fargos or oil companies.


45 posted on 03/13/2019 6:14:03 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: knighthawk

Should throw it back at her. As a bartender, didn’t you ever feel guilty about serving up drinks to people knowing that there is a possibility that they could get in their car and plow into a family of illegal aliens, killing the whole car full of children?


46 posted on 03/13/2019 6:15:03 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Wells Fargo was the only major bank that would not go along with the gun grabber agenda. That’s why the Leftists particularly have it in for Wells Fargo right now. It’s also why I closed my BofA account and opened one at Wells Fargo.


47 posted on 03/13/2019 6:18:20 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Swordmaker

You might think that you were exaggerating, but not by much.


48 posted on 03/13/2019 7:29:02 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Soul of the South

In fairness, all of the banks that took the bailout money repaid it within a few years. JP Morgan didn’t want to take it but was forced to. Again, repaid in short order.


49 posted on 03/13/2019 7:31:42 AM PDT by luv2ski
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To: knighthawk

Shouldn’t she be asking Obama about the “caging” of children during his years? What about the killing of babies on the birthing table?


50 posted on 03/13/2019 8:49:10 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: DoughtyOne

Bankers will be caged by Ocasio-Cortez.


51 posted on 03/13/2019 12:23:11 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
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To: minnesota_bound

That would cost too much.

Lead is cheaper.

Leftists will do what they always do. Count on it.


52 posted on 03/13/2019 2:24:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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