Liberal Groups Push Clinton To Reject Appointments From Wall Street
PITTSBURGH, PA - JULY 30: (L-R) Democratic vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA), Johnstown Wire Technologies CEO Ron Shaffer, Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. president Bill Clinton take a tour before a campaign rally on July 30, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are continuing their three-day bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesAn alliance of 15 progressive groups is pressuring Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to keep people connected to Wall Street out of her transition team and the White House if she wins the November election.
The organizations, several of which backed Bernie Sanders in the primary race, urged Clinton to select “proven policymakers whose commitment to the public interest is unimpeachable to lead your transition efforts.” They wrote to Clinton in a letter Wednesday they provided to Bloomberg Politics that “personnel is policy” and that “too many Wall Street executives and corporate insiders have traveled through the revolving door between private industry and government.”