Senator Elizabeth Warren knows that orange-tinted President-elect Donald Trump is a liar. Sadly, the people voting for him either didn’t care that he was a liar or just are too ignorant to understand when they are being taken to the cleaners. But Sen. Warren is a public servant first and foremost and it is her duty to continue to call out the swamp creatures in out midst. In a letter she just released, Sen. Warren goes after Trump, asking him what the hell he thinks he’s doing?
Dear President-Elect Trump
During your campaign for President of the United States, you railed against "powerful special interests" that have "rigged our political and economic system for their exclusive benefit." You excoriated trade deals that you described as "mortal threat[ s] to American manufacturing" and "disaster[ s] .... pushed by special interests.” You promised that you would "not be controlled by the donors, special interests and lobbyists who have corrupted our politics and politicians for far too long," and that you would "drain the swamp" in Washington D.C. And you won election largely on the strength of these promises.
The American people are watching to see if you were sincere in your campaign promises to look out for the interests of working families, rather than the interests of the rich and powerful. Now it is time to live up to those promises. Unfortunately, you already appear to be failing.
Within days of your election, you have elevated a slew of Wall Street bankers, industry insiders, and special interest lobbyists to your transition team. Even more are rumored to be named as potential cabinet members. Based on public reports, your transition team and your potential cabinet include over twenty Wall Street elites, industry insiders, and lobbyists making decisions that could have huge implications for their clients or employers. They include, among many others, a former Goldman Sachs executive who is rumored to be a Treasury Secretary pick; a paid consultant for Verizon who is making key decisions on your administration's Federal Communication Commission; a "top lobbyist" whose firm lobbied on behalf of issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership who is shaping your Labor Department; and a climate-changedenying, oil industry-paid think tank fellow who is leading your environmental team's transition.
She goes on to point out some more “insiders” that Trump has in his transition team. It turns out there’s about 60,961,967 suckers born every election cycle.