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Elizabeth Warren: “The elephant in the room is whether you are going to be renominated for a second term as Fed chair. Renominating you…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
The elephant in the room is whether you are going to be renominated for a second term as Fed chair. Renominating you means gambling that the next five years with a Republican chair who has regularly voted to deregulate Wall Street won`t drive this economy over a financial cliff again.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Warren questioned the Federal Reserve chair about his potential renomination and the risks involved.

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