Former Goldman Sachs CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein on Wednesday went after Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) following the senator’s Democratic primary win in New Hampshire, saying that the Vermont senator is just as “polarizing as Trump.”
“If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US,” Blankfein tweeted Wednesday morning.
“Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around,” he added.
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If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US. Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around.
— Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) February 11, 2020
The former finance executive, who left Goldman Sachs in 2018, tweets sparsely but has butted heads with Sanders before during this campaign cycle.
A registered Democrat, Blankfein has previously made contributions to the Democratic Party and endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE for president in 2016.
His tweet on Wednesday drew the attention of Sanders’s campaign manager Faiz Shakir, who responded, “This is what panic from the Wall Street elite looks and sounds like.”
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This is what panic from the Wall Street elite looks and sounds like. https://t.co/5Di1iFO424
— Faiz (@fshakir) February 12, 2020
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s opposition leader who has long opposed President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinRepublicans release newly declassified intelligence document on FBI source Steele Feehery: How Trump can turn the protests into parades dedicated to making America great again You may pay more at the pump, as OPEC+ cuts oil production MORE, tweeted his support of Sanders as pundits called the primary in Sanders’s favor late Tuesday night.
Так приятно проснуться и узнать, что Берни выиграл! Я болел за него.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) February 11, 2020
After a close victory over former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE in New Hampshire, Sanders has solidified his standing as one of the front-runners in a still-crowded Democratic primary race.
Only two “early state” primaries remain before Super Tuesday on March 3: Nevada and South Carolina.
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