assembled his cabinet. he bragged about this being the richest cabinet ever assembled in american history and he thought people showed wealth envy. the problem is they were wondering if these people could connect with people who didn t have a billion dollar, who knew what it was like to go to a grocery store and not propose it idea that doesn t even exist. what the trump administration has proven to many in the american public is he actually cannot understand what it s like, being in the situation they re currently in. for the record, forbes last estimate of wilbur ross net worth, $700 million. we ll get to the latest with the shutdown and that senate republicans were sniping at each other, feeling some pressure now at a private luncheon yesterday. and news that will be of interest to the house oversight committee as it investigates how the trump administration has handled security clearances.
america and i m proud of it. we re proud of it. this is not wealth envy. wealthy people are just as patriotic as poor people but nothing has been asked of them to get us out of this godawful hole. that was vice president joe biden yesterday in las vegas, pushing back against republican accusations of class warfare. the obama campaign has ramped up scrutiny over mitt romney s foreign bank accounts with robert gibbs saying this week that romney should swap the believe in america slogan for business in bermuda. joy-ann, we talk a lot about patriots. who is a patriot, who is not a patriot. there seems to be a development that keeping your money offshore is un-american, outsourcing is un-american. do you think that is a powerful line of attack vis a vis mitt romney in this election cycle? i think actually, this time, class warfare because of the,
david axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders faux rasmussen and the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zell mi and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump. the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti almost never got started. when other
axelrod and republican national committee chairman reince priebus. also spending cuts, tax cuts, and what do women want in 2012 with senators barbara boxer and kay bailey hutchison. plus, an exclusive interview with nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen on the exit of afghanistan. and chewing over the week with jeff zeleny of the new york times and cnn congressional correspondent dana bash. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. while vice president biden questioned mitt romney s business credentials on the stump, the obama re-elect team pumped out a small buy ad with a big bite attacking bain capital, the equity firm romney founded. they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, they filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. like a vampire. they came in and sucked the life out of us. within hours, camp romney was up with a web ad of its own and a story of its own. sti almost ne
we re envy. it s job envy, it s wealth envy, that we don t dream. my mother believed and my father believed that if i wanted to be president of the united states, i could be. i could be v vice president. my mother and father believed that if my brother or sister wanted to be a millionaire, they could be a millionaire. my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams! look, i stead yesterday and i will say it more calmly today. [ laughter ] i don t think these guys understand us. and i m including us because we come from the same kind of background. we weren t poor. i wasn t joe biden hard scrap pell kids coming out of lines of scranton with a lunch bucket in my hand. i was just a normal middle class kid with a father with a high school education and worked like hell. resenting the fact that there is class warfare being thrown around in this discussion.