“The system is rigged. Look around.” — Elizabeth Warren

She’s a contender for 2016. Give ‘em hell, Liz!

Elizabeth Warren speech at DNC targets Wall Street, Mitt Romney

“People feel like the system is rigged against them," Warren, of Massachusetts, said last night. "And here’s the painful part: They’re right. The system is rigged. Look around. Oil companies guzzle down billions in profits. Billionaires pay lower tax rates than secretaries." Warren, who helped President Barack Obama create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, drew repeated contrasts between the president and Republicans. Mitt Romney would help billionaires and big corporations and perpetuate the problems that allow companies to have too much influence, she said.

"Republicans say they don’t believe in government," she said. "Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends."

Elizabeth Warren speech at DNC targets Wall Street, Mitt Romney

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