Economy

Elizabeth Warren Tells Obama To Put Up Or Shut Up On Trade

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by Zach Carter, Huff Post’

WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats have been hoping to see a showdown between Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton for years. Instead, they’re getting a public feud between the senator from Massachusetts and President Barack Obama.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with Sen. Sherrod Brown, have responded to recent White House statements on TPP with a sharply-worded letter calling out President Obama and other backers of the corporate-friendly trade pact. (Photo: Timothy D. Easley)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with Sen. Sherrod Brown, have responded to recent White House statements on TPP with a sharply-worded letter calling out President Obama and other backers of the corporate-friendly trade pact. (Photo: Timothy D. Easley)

Obama accused Warren and congressional Democrats on Friday of being “dishonest” and spreading “misinformation” about the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a trade pact the administration is negotiating among 12 nations. The overwhelming majority of Democrats in Congress oppose TPP, while Republican leaders support it.

‘We respectfully suggest,’ reads a letter from Sens. Warren and Sherrod Brown to President Obama, ‘that characterizing the assessments of labor unions, journalists, Members of Congress, and others who disagree with your approach to transparency on trade issues as ‘dishonest’ is both untrue and unlikely to serve the best interests of the American people.’ More