‘As President Trump hinted this in his remarks, are these bank examiners with a wink and a nod saying don’t let this person bank at your bank?’
By Joe Kovacs
In the wake of President’s Donald Trump’s assertion that U.S. banks are debanking Americans with conservative political views, Congress is now investigating.
The matter was discussed on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, as she asked House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.: “Are you investigating whether or not U.S. banks are debanking conservatives?”
“Yes, we are,” Comer replied. “We’ve heard numerous instances of conservatives being debanked.
“And what we want to know is, is this a process of the banks’ ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) policy? Is, or is this our government stepping in like what we found with Twitter and Facebook where the government stepped in and said they wanted certain conservatives deplatformed and censored and certain conservative content removed.
“We want to know, again, is this government involvement, another dirty trick by the Joe Biden administration, or this just bad liberal policy that discriminates against conservatives by the banks.”
Bartiromo noted: “Wow. So you have evidence of some banks debunking conservatives.”
“Yes,” said Comer, “especially people that were involved in different energy-type businesses and things like that as well as very well-spoken or outspoken conservative activists. So there are numerous instances, enough to open an investigation.
