Elizabeth Warren Gets Her Own Folksong on Park Avenue
Protesters who want to break up big financial institutions like Citibank have found their political hero.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens to testimony from witnesses during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on 'Mitigating Systemic Risk Through Wall Street Reforms,' on Capitol Hill, July 11, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Chanting and clapping outside Citigroup Inc.’s Park Avenue headquarters today, about 50 protesters tried to thrust the bank into the 2016 presidential race.
“As part of running for president, you have to answer ‘The Citigroup Question’ -- where do you stand on breaking up Citigroup?” said Zephyr Teachout, who challenged Andrew Cuomo for this year’s Democratic nomination for New York governor. “Do you think Citigroup should be broken up, or do you think things are OK?”