She's talking, that's how.
She has claimed in debates that she is sending money home to her parents because they are struggling to make ends meet.
You can see here how badly her parents are "struggling."
Note the moat behind the mansion in the wealthy Chicago suburb where the Saujanis live.
Note the amount of money the Saujanis donated to Reshma's campaign.
I have to admit, I took a dislike to this woman back when she ran as one of those DFER-sponsored ed deform candidates a few years ago.
But the more I see, hear and read about her this election year, the more I dislike her.
The scrubbing of her Wikipedia page of any of reference to her Wall Street or hedge fund past, her refusal to own up to the scrub job she had her campaign do at Wikipedia, her work defending corporate malfeasance as a Wall Street lawyer, now her misleading voters over her family's financial status - she is a congenitally dishonest person who does not belong in public office, certainly not as public advocate.
And let's not forget her attack of one of her opponents in the public advocates race, Dan Squadron, as "Trust Fund Dan" for having grown up in a family of means.
Only one problem with Reshma's attack - Squadron's family lost most of their money to Bernie Madoff.
Yeah, really.
Did that stop Saujani's attacks?
Not a bit - she said Squadron was "whining" and playing the victim for mentioning that his family lost their money to Madoff.
On top of that, she compared Squadron to Madoff because, well, here's what her campaign spokesperson said:
"Trust Fund Dan is not a victim of Bernie Madoff, but a beneficiary," a said Saujani spokesman. "Irving Picard, the trustee for the real victims, has rejected Squadron's poverty routine as totally bogus. The money he claims to have lost is chump change compared to the millions in fictitious profits he made before the scam was exposed."
"Now Trust Fund Dan is whining and fighting in court to avoid paying the true victims of the Ponzi scheme. Only someone from incredible privilege whose Dad was close personal friends with Bernie Madoff would have the audacity to plead poverty after making millions off so many ruined lives," he continued.
Reshma Saujani truly is a despicable, despicable person.
To be frank, it worries me a little that Bill de Blasio hired her to work as a deputy public advocate in his office.
Something to keep an eye on with de Blasio - a willingness to hire and work with congenitally dishonest former Wall Street lawyers who spent their careers defending corporate malfeasance.
De Blasio hired this piece of work long after the Maloney race she ran when she exposed herself to the world as a) a Wall Street shill b) a clueless politician and c) a moron
If de Blasio is elected and Saujani is not, will Mayor de Blasio hire DFER-approved Reshma Saujani for his administration?
He has once before, you can see him doing so again.
And if he does, what does that tell you about the "progressive" de Blasio?
Voting nowadays is like a crap shoot. You do it with your fingers crossed. And that's how I will be voting for deBlasio. I can and won't ever trust a UFT endorsement again. I see my COPE money used for Reforms and it sickens me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I missed it here, but every debate for Public Advocate brings me to the same conclusion...Cathy Guerriero is the only candidate who supports unions, union rights and benefits as in unapologetic about it. Nothing James has said has resonated with me, although the polls show her ahead in Queens. Cathy also supports public education not charters. Both candidates don't have a swell of money to put on ads like Squardron and that's sad. And while I have not read too many polls on this race, I doubt Reshma will win. If deBlasio does hire her, hopefully it will not be as an education commissioner although all candidates have said they want an educator in that position. deBlasio will need someone to mediate between his office and Wall Street. Wall Street cannot be out of the picture. Without them we would be a ghost town. But DFER can never be invited to the City Hall table again!!
Cathy Guerriero lost my vote when she said she was happy the NSA was spying on Americans.
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Of course I missed that remark. But seriously the NSA has probably been spying on us for decades.
ReplyDeleteThe woman has moxie. She is going to fight to keep pension benefits and not have them diminished. Thankfully she has no say in how the country is run.
btw, IBM and others are now cutting health benefits of retirees. That scares me more than the NSA. I am sure Obama has a file on me regarding his education policy. Hell, I even sent him a 2 page typed letter about it and he sent me a response about how wonderful RTTT is. I am sure I am on some list...probably Randi's.