"Not sure what’s more disgusting: That Jeb is pinning his 2016 hopes on his bro’s bailout $, or that bailed-out CEOs want to buy elections," she says. Warren rips into Jeb Bush and Hank Greenberg over super PAC donation

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday ripped into both Jeb Bush and Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of AIG who recently donated $10 million to the super PAC supporting what she called Bush’s “dying presidential campaign.”

“Not sure what’s more disgusting: That Jeb is pinning his 2016 hopes on his bro’s bailout $, or that bailed-out CEOs want to buy elections,” the Massachusetts Democrat wrote in one of the messages posted shortly after noon on Twitter, remarking on Greenberg’s lawsuit against the Obama administration “because — get this — the bailout wasn’t generous enough for him.”


Greenberg, she tweeted, left AIG before the bailout but not before running the company “as it recklessly gambled on mortgage-backed securities.”

After serving as governor of Florida, Bush was as an adviser to Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that collapsed in 2008 under the weight of the global financial crisis. According to filings, Bush received $2 million per year through 2014 to serve as an adviser for Barclays, the institution that bought Lehman Brothers out of bankruptcy.

Let’s get this straight: CEO Hank Greenberg ran AIG as it recklessly gambled on mortgage-backed securities... — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

Hank Greenberg left his company just before AIG took a $182 billion bailout from the Bush Administration… — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

Once his GOP friends left office, Greenberg sued the Obama Administration because – get this – the bailout wasn’t generous enough for him… — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

And now, Greenberg is giving $10 million of his AIG fortune to try to save Jeb Bush’s dying Presidential campaign. https://t.co/buFLQUBaYR — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

Not sure what’s more disgusting: That Jeb is pinning his 2016 hopes on his bro’s bailout $, or that bailed-out CEOs want to buy elections. — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

This is business as usual for Wall Street and Washington insiders, and it stinks. — Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) January 8, 2016

Donald Trump also bashed his GOP opponent on the issue earlier in the day, tweeting that Greenberg “is not happy,” referring to the donation as "a total waste of money!"

Hank Greenberg, formerly of AIG, gave $10 million to the @JebBush campaign 3 months ago. He is not happy, a total waste of money! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2016



