Public Feud Between Starbucks’ Schultz and Elizabeth Warren Escalates Quickly
With the announcement by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Sunday that he’s strongly considering running for president as an independent because both parties have devolved into myopic and destructive “revenge politics,” his fellow liberals have turned on him for fear that he might end up getting Trump re-elected — all because he’s an “egotistical billionaire a**hole!”
And it’s not only the radical left activists and Democratic operatives shouting out in crowds or complaining behind the scenes about Schultz toying with a presidential run, some big names have begun to speak out against his potential independent run, among them fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Another public figure on the left who is clearly not excited about a Schultz independent candidacy is the first Democrat to officially declare her own intentions to run: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA).
In less than two days, potential candidate Schultz vs. candidate Warren has already gone nuclear. Speaking with NPR Tuesday, Schultz opened fire on Warren’s “ridiculous” proposal to impose brand new taxes on capital assets of the wealthy.
“When I see Elizabeth Warren come out with a ridiculous plan of taxing wealthy people a surtax of 2 percent because it makes a good headline, or sends out a tweet, when she knows for a fact that is not something that’s ever going to be passed, this is what’s wrong,” Schultz told NPR in an interview. “You can’t just attack these things in a punitive way by punishing people.”
Warren has since fired back. Asked by Talking Points Memo if she is worried that Schultz is going to screw up the Democrats’ plans to take out Trump in 2020, the senator went to her standard class warfare rhetoric. “We have a billionaire who says he wants to jump into the race and the first issue he’s raised is ‘no new taxes on billionaires.’ Let’s see where that goes,” she told the outlet. (Read more from “Public Feud Between Starbucks’ Schultz and Elizabeth Warren Escalates Quickly” HERE)
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