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Meet Brian Deese, Biden's pick to lead the National Economic Council, who has worked for both the Obama administration and BlackRock

"He went to BlackRock because of the resources they had to address problems he cares about," a staff member on the Biden-Harris transition team told Business Insider.

A spokesperson for BlackRock told Business Insider in a statement that Deese "has been instrumental to helping investors around the world understand the risks that climate change poses to the economy and to their portfolios.

The Sunrise Movement Political Director Evan Weber criticized "the revolving door between Wall Street and the White House," and said in a statement that "there are many diverse, qualified people that can help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Build Back Better who didn't choose to work at predatory investment firms."

When asked about criticisms expressed by the Sunrise Movement, the staff member on the Biden-Harris transition team told Business Insider that a lot of the criticisms were "things that fall outside of his portfolio."urged Deese to not be included in Biden's cabinet, and said it "seems clear that Deese doesn't care about climate change or the future of our country at all.", who alongside Rep.

 

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