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Not. they're a nay know ally. >> let me ask you something else. ethics, you are the ranking member there on the committee about ethics. what do you make of the criticism that people knew who trump was and what he was about. the same goes for his kids. he wound up winning the election. it's been all smoke. there is no fire. leave him alone about the conflicts. >> it's interesting that you ask that question today when just yesterday, i think, todd rickets withdrew his name for consideration to be a deputy commerce secretary because he wanted to avoid the appearance of conflict. this president ha...

And donald trump is filling out his administration with candidates who are a lot like him -- rich. >> you want people who have been successful. you want people who have done this. >> the newest addition, vincent viola. the pick for secretary of army is worth an estimated $1.8 billion. army vet and owner of the florida panthers hockey team. he made his fortune on wall street. wilber ross is reportedly worth $2.5 billion. he's an investor who made his money specializing in bankruptcies. ross is an avid art cons connoisseur with an collection worth a reported $150 million. and todd rickets also h...

Todd rickets. >> only $40 million? and he got into the cabinet. i'm quite shocked at poor people being able to get into the cabinet. >> it's pretty remarkable. i mean, this is pretty unprecedented, this plutocratic titans being named to these positions. >> what's more -- we're in trump world right now. what you said during the campaign. you said that we are going to not cut social security, medicare and medicaid. and then you appoint the congressman price the head of hhs, who has made his life's work cutting medicare. you're going to be tough on wall street, then you appoint a wall

I'm not going to let wall street get away with murder. they've caused tremendous problems for us. we're going to tax wall street, we're going to get rid of certain things they should have. i've been talking about it very strongly. certain things they want, and they want them badly, it's not fair to give it to them. >> candidate trump criticized wall street. but president-elect trump just picked a wall street executive for one of the most powerful positions in his cabinet. he spent 17 years at goldman sachs. senator bernie sanders had plenty to say about that, when i had the chance to ask him a...

>> steve minuchin, the finance year for donald trump's campaign. he's tapped a treasury secretary. he's a multi millionaire. wilbur ross tapped for secretary of commerce and a deputy secretary of commerce, todd rickets from the wealthy rickets family in chicago that owns the chicago cubs. it is giving some americans i'm sure out there that donald trump is putting together not a team of rivals but a teams of the super rich. and we should also point out one other name that was floated throughout, sarah palin, the former alaska governor has been talked about the next potential secretary of vetera...