Sen. Bernie Sanders’ complaints about big banks during Sunday night’s Democratic debate were echoed during breaks in an ad for the movie “Money Monster,” in which the host of a TV show about Wall Street is taken hostage by someone angered over how the financial system is rigged against average Americans.
According to the trailer for the movie, the hostage-taker in the film has political motivations.
“I might be the one with the gun here, but I’m not the real criminal,” says the man holding the TV host, played by George Clooney. “I’m telling you it’s rigged, the whole damn thing! They’re stealing everything from us, and they’re getting away with it too. How’s that even fair?”
Sanders made some parallel points during the live debate, and got into an argument with Hillary Clinton over the issue. Sanders has said for months that Clinton will fail to “break up the banks,” in part because she opposes a reinstitution of Glass-Steagall, a law repealed during the Bill Clinton administration which limited the merging of commercial and investment banking.
The trailer also aired during Thursday’s Republican debate, when Ted Cruz was criticized for taking a loan from Goldman Sachs and not disclosing it. Cruz deflected the criticism saying it was not properly disclosed on a certain form, and that his campaign would correct the situation.
