He may be evil, but he isn’t wrong.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is not committing to divesting from fossil fuels and shrugged off the notion as a “road to hell for America” during a House hearing.
At an Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) pressed a cadre of banking executives sitting before the investigatory panel on whether they would commit to stop funding new fossil fuel projects.
“Absolutely not, and that would be the road to hell for America,” Dimon quipped during a tense exchange with the “Squad” member.
Seemingly expecting that answer, Tlaib encouraged those poised to receive student loan relief with accounts at JPMorgan Chase to close their accounts with his company.
“Sir, you know what? Everybody that got relief from student loans [that] has a bank account with your bank should probably take out their account and close their account,” she said. “The fact that you’re not even there to relieve many of the folks that are in debt, extreme debt, because of student loan debt. And you’re out there criticizing it.”
h/t Big Daddy D