“Why is Russell Vought showing the world his weird, creepy pledge of allegiance to big corporations? Have some dignity, Russell.”

That’s what Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Union member Alexis Goldstein said on Monday about the CFPB acting director’s new “ humility pledge ” that examiners with the agency’s Supervision Division will be forced to read to financial institutions before conducting reviews next year.

Several other CFPB Union members joined Goldstein in blasting Vought’s pledge, including treasurer Gabe Hopkins, who said that “whoever wrote this has never even spoken to an examiner before, only been wined and dined by industry lobbyists.”

The lengthy pledge states in part that the CFPB’s “goal is to work collaboratively with the entities to review entities’ proce

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