Research Briefing

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “I Guess You Mean Barack Obama” Is The One Who Has Received More Money From Wall Street 

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: “So Senator, just – I’m talking historically, what presidential candidate received more money from Wall Street than any other president in the history of the United States?”

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “Well, you know, I guess you mean Barack Obama, and I'm not --”

Scarborough: “I was just asking.”

Sen.  Schumer: “Okay, I don't know. I don’t know the answer.”

Scarborough: “It was. It was Barack Obama, and there's not a close second.”

(MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2/2/12)