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    Democrats rip Trump's CFPB nominee, calling her role in controversial administration policies 'a moral stain'

    by Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Jul 19, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Thursday aggressively ripped into President Trump's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying her involvement as a White House aide in controversial administration policies disqualified her from watching out for average Americans.

    In a highly charged confirmation hearing, Democratic senators questioned Kathy Kraninger about her role overseeing the budgets of agencies that developed and implemented the child-separation policy at the border and the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico - and verbally unloaded on her when she evaded direct answers.

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., could barely control her rage as she pressed Kraninger about whether she had any role in implementing the "zero tolerance" immigration policy

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