Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Bankfein is apparently not a fan of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) winning the New Hampshire primary.

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Around the time that Sanders was named the winner, the CEO—who was the head of Goldman Sachs amid the 2008 financial crisis—called the Vermont senator “just as polarizing as Trump” and predicted that, if elected, he would “ruin our economy.”

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“If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US,” Blankfein tweeted. “Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around.”

If Dems go on to nominate Sanders, the Russians will have to reconsider who to work for to best screw up the US. Sanders is just as polarizing as Trump AND he’ll ruin our economy and doesn’t care about our military. If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around. — Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) February 12, 2020

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Blankfein’s assertion that Sanders would “ruin our economy” caught the eye of a number of people on Twitter, who reminded him that he was the head of Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis and received a bailout from the government.

To be fair, Lloyd Blankfein is an expert on ruining the economy https://t.co/4ldlXiLLBB — Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) February 12, 2020

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You literally ran Goldman Sachs.



During the crisis it helped cause. https://t.co/5Q2z5PREWY — Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 12, 2020

I’ll let you guys know when I start taking political advice on the economic platform of presidents from the guy who got a $700 billion dollar bailout from the government https://t.co/RGUeA4p06T — Jack Marcheschi (@Thats_Justice44) February 12, 2020

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Giving advice on the economy is the man who helped crash the US economy. Maybe sit this one out dude! https://t.co/gnB4eCaM6X — ChrisDC (@CpyburnDC) February 12, 2020

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https://twitter.com/mateskrilla/status/1227592543459737601

https://twitter.com/reallybigGAP/status/1227606135852670977

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Even Feliz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager, responded to Blankfein, tweeting: “this is what panic from Wall Street elite looks and sounds like.”

This is what panic from the Wall Street elite looks and sounds like. https://t.co/5Di1iFO424 — Faiz (@fshakir) February 12, 2020

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This isn’t the first time Blankfein has weighed in on the 2020 Democratic nomination process.

Late last year he drew criticism for tweeting a racist joke about Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), saying that “maybe tribalism is just in her DNA,” clearly mocking Warren over her claims of Native American heritage.

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