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Consumer Pariah Mulvaney & Racist Blog Post Author Blankenstein Endorse Predatory Lender Lawsuit Against CFPB [1]

['Emily Hoyle']

Date: 2023-07-10 21:37:17+00:00

“If the idea is to make predatory lenders who filed this baseless lawsuit look good in comparison, these would be the right-wing trolls to do it. It says it all about the merits of this case that it’s being pushed by a coalition of predatory lenders, industry money chasers, an author of racist internet ravings, and a seminal architect of the insurrection. If the Supreme Court gives those with an ax to grind against the CFPB what they want, it will likely lead to the worst roll back of consumer protections in U.S. History,” Funk continued.

Here’s What You Need to Know About Mick Mulvaney’s Tenure As Acting Director of the Trump CFPB:

Fired 25 Consumer Experts Who Had Advised The Bureau And Closed The CFPB’s Student Loan Office.

Requested $0 From The Federal Reserve To Fund The CFPB in 2018

First Steps At the CFPB Were To Cut Off The Bureau’s Access to Data and Funding

Weakened Efforts To Protect Servicemembers And Put The Bureau’s Anti-Discrimination Efforts In The Hands Eric Blankenstein, Who Was Exposed for Earlier Racist Writing Claiming Most Hate Crimes Are Hoaxes

Gave Blankenstein a Proverbial “High Five” Upon Learning of His Racist Writings

Dropped Investigations And Pulled Back On Strong Enforcement Action, Often To The Benefit Of His Campaign Donors

Mulvaney Repeatedly Reduced Penalties For Companies That Broke The Law

Teamed Up With Industry To Weaken Important Consumer Protection Rules

READ MORE FROM ACCOUNTABLE.US: Insurrection Architect & Former-Thomas Clerk John Eastman Lends Support to Predatory Lender Lawsuit Against CFPB

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