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Politico: Dems to Unload on Mnuchin
Allied Progress’ Karl Frisch: “With his selection of former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin to run Treasury and billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross to run Commerce, President-elect Trump has broken his promise to stop the ‘rigged’ system. He has instead sided with the Wall Street insiders, K Street lobbyists, and corrupt politicians that conspire to help each other rather than the hardworking men and women of this country.”
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American Banker: Mnuchin Pick for Treasury May Signal Moderate Approach to Reform
Karl Frisch, executive director of the progressive group Allied Progress, slammed Trump for picking a “man who worked at Goldman Sachs – one of the banks responsible for the 2008 financial crisis — to run Treasury, the very government agency responsible for steering our country away from such economic disasters.”
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With Treasury and Commerce Picks, Trump Has Broken Promise to Stop the “Rigged” System
President-elect Settles on a Billionaire and Man with Few Qualifications Other Than His Work for One of the Banks Responsible for the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Fast Company: Trump’s Transition Team Is Not Quite “Drain the Swamp”
Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, said, “It’s hard to fight the ‘rigged’ system when you fill your administration with the very individuals complicit in the rigging. President-elect Trump promised millions of angry Americans that Washington would be different under his leadership. He decried the influence of big banks, Wall Street fat cats, and powerful special interests. Now it appears he’s offering them room-and-board in the White House. If these leaked reports are to be believed, the swamp’s drain is obviously clogged.”
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McClatchy: Possible Trump Treasury Pick Is Accused of Deepening California’s Foreclosure Crisis
“We will hold him accountable if he abandons his call for real change and instead favors the powerful special interests he lambasted on the campaign trail,” said Karl Frisch of the left-leaning advocacy group Allied Progress.
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Trump Must Keep His Promise: Reject Big Banks, Wall Street, and Powerful Special Interests
Allied Progress will make certain President-elect Trump keeps his word to protect hard working Americans from powerful special interests.