Katie Bar the Door

Man, Katie Porter is good.

This is how her 5-part Twitter thread began this morning –

“In March, Congress gave billions in COVID relief to the @federalreserve to help struggling businesses. The Fed pledged these taxpayer dollars would not bail out Wall Street banks. They went back on their word—to the tune of 2 billion dollars. So I'm calling them out. (THREAD)”

She explains that she wrote the Fed last month and never got a response.  Then, last tweet in the thread was this. (Scroll down to the bottom for the tweet that begins "So yesterday..." with the video attached) –

So yesterday, I followed up with @federalreserve Vice Chair Randy Quarles directly. Rather than being honest about purchasing debts of megabanks like @jpmorgan, Mr. Quarles tried to hide behind a loophole.Watch □ (5/5) pic.twitter.com/mltkpGmHxe— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) November 13, 2020