Cooperman Decries Attack on the Rich After GameStop Upheaval

  • The billionaire investor warns against government overreach
  • Says he doesn’t want Warren, Sanders and AOC setting policy

Leon Cooperman

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Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman said he was dismayed that the recent Reddit-fueled market mayhem has been characterized as a battle between the haves and have-nots.

“That’s all baloney, this persistent attack of the wealthy,” Cooperman said Thursday during an interview with Bloomberg Television. “America is a country that became great because people want to aspire to become wealthy.”