‘Sounds Like I'm Talking About A Frat House’: Ernst Sounds The Alarm On Sexual Misconduct At FDIC

7 months ago

During a press briefing on Wednesday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) spoke about sexual misconduct at the FDIC.

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00:00 I echo the sentiments of my colleagues when it comes to Israel, and I hope to be speaking

00:09 on that tomorrow at a press conference with Lindsey Graham and other colleagues.

00:15 But today what I'd like to do is raise an entirely different issue.

00:21 What we have seen is a bunch of drunken debauchery, some creepy conversations, and all around

00:30 inappropriate behavior.

00:33 And I know it sounds like I'm talking about a frat house, but it's the Federal Deposit

00:39 Insurance Corporation.

00:41 Yes, the FDIC.

00:45 There is a new report that is out.

00:48 It is 234 pages, and it revealed that the rot runs a lot deeper than I even initially

00:57 thought.

00:58 Now, this culture has been driven from the top down, from Chairman Gruenberg on down

01:05 through various levels in the FDIC.

01:09 And what we know, what I know, is that the chairman must resign.

01:15 And he needs to face real consequences, folks, not just a little slap on the hand, but he

01:21 needs to go.

01:22 So what am I recommending?

01:24 I'm recommending that President Biden order the DOJ to investigate from the top to the

01:30 bottom, or else he is also complicit in subjecting the women at FDIC to more discrimination,

01:40 more sexual assaults, more inappropriate behaviors coming from their superiors.

01:47 Everyone who committed crimes must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

01:53 So no amount of mops could ever clean up this mess that's going on at the FDIC, and it really

02:00 is time to close the door on this chapter of abuse, and it starts with Gruenberg himself.

02:08 So let's throw away Gruenberg's leadership keys, and let's permanently change the locks

02:14 at the FDIC.

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‘Sounds Like I'm Talking About A Frat House’: Ernst Sounds The Alarm On Sexual Misconduct At FDIC

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