Dem senator: White House is like an 'executive retreat for Goldman Sachs'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 08/27/17 11:24 AM EDT

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Sunday slammed the Trump White House, saying it is not doing enough to help American workers.

“The White House looks like an executive retreat for Goldman Sachs now,” Brown told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Brown said President Trump and his administration have not taken actions to help workers. “I understand what we need to do for a different trade policy, to raise wages, to help those workers,” Brown said.

Brown, who was rumored as a possible vice presidential choice for Hillary Clinton, is seeking reelection in a state Trump won by an overwhelming margin.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/348171-dem-senator-white-house-is-like-an-executive-retreat-for-goldman-sachs

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Dem senator: Government has 'no business' deporting immigrants who have been in US for years

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 08/27/17 11:37 AM EDT

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policy, arguing the government has “no business” deporting immigrants who have been in the United States for years.

“It’s terrible when we are taking immigrants who have been here 10 or 15 years and working hard, paying their taxes, active in their church, active in communities, parents and we throw them out of this country,” Brown told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“We have no business doing that. That inhumane policy coming from administration is just part and parcel of what he’s been for the last seven months,” he added. Brown said he wants to work with lawmakers across the aisle like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to develop immigration policy, but maintained his position that President Trump’s proposed border wall “is ludicrous.”

"I stand for a strong immigration policy because I want to see us bipartisanly do what we tried to do a few years ago,” he said.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/348174-dem-senator-government-has-no-business-deporting-immigrants-who

[dalton99a]

1. "He said she was unqualified because she gave a speech to Goldman Sachs.

His Secretary of the Treasury is somebody from Goldman Sachs.”
- Jon Stewart

[jalan48]

2. Sounds like a great talking point for Democrats in the next election.

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. If Hillary was President...

..someone might have had reason to have said the same thing. Third Way politics of the last two decades has crippled Democrats voice in this regard.

[Blue_Tires]

6. If Hillary was President...

We wouldn't have thousands of Nazis coming out of the woodwork trying to start shit... So I'll take that tradeoff...

[QC]

4. Brown would have been a great running mate. n/t

[stuffmatters]

5. He's a Yale trained economist, his wife a keen journalist, AND they win BIG in Ohio!

I've always been a big admirer of this couple. They are so,so popular in Ohio