Opposition to President Joe Biden’s pick for a key banking regulatory post is mounting thanks to scrutiny of her past writings and statements on her radical view of economics.
The nomination of Saule Omarova to become comptroller of the currency drew even more focus this week when a clip of controversial comments she made in February at a virtual event made the rounds on social media, in which she said of oil, coal and gas companies, “We want them to go bankrupt if we want to tackle climate change.”
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.