Freshman House Democrat Blasts Gary Cohn’s Private Comments to Class
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Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s former top economic adviser and an ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive, got a cold reception from a newly elected liberal House freshman during an off-the-record event Thursday.
Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat who is among a group of progressives elected on Nov. 6, blasted Cohn for comments she said he made in a closed-door meeting for new lawmakers from both parties that was hosted by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics in Cambridge, Massachusetts.