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AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« on: March 22, 2025, 07:12:48 am »
AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
 
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling out what she sees as a glaring problem in Washington — lawmakers profiting off the stock market while shaping the very policies that influence it.
 
During a recent appearance on “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart,” Ocasio-Cortez didn’t hold back on the issue of insider trading in Congress. “It's so crazy … People think that everyday people are stupid. I'm like, do you all really think that people don't see this s--t?” she said.

Stewart agreed, describing how some lawmakers appear to exploit their positions for financial gain: “They sit on a committee, they get information about a drug or a contract or a thing, they immediately make a call [to] the stock broker … and their portfolio swells.”

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Re: AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2025, 07:13:50 am »
She can't be including Nazi Pelosi in that group.  Pelosi is as pure as the driven snow when it comes to honesty. *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2025, 08:57:24 am »
Ummm....OK. So how did she amass her small fortune? Kickbacks and bribes?
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Re: AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2025, 09:20:40 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 22, 2025, 08:57:24 am
Ummm....OK. So how did she amass her small fortune? Kickbacks and bribes?

Those too!  She was very diverse in her "investments." :whistle:
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Re: AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2025, 10:05:15 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 22, 2025, 08:57:24 am
Ummm....OK. So how did she amass her small fortune? Kickbacks and bribes?
Would love to know the answer to that. This suburban Westchester chick and failed bartender showed up in D.C., supposedly flummoxed by how to turn on a garbage disposer at her new residence, so it's hard to believe she did it through her wits.
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Re: AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2025, 11:13:11 am »
Someone wants to wet their beak.
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2025, 06:22:01 pm »
Sandy from the Suburbs has hitched her star to the ancient Bernie Sanders (the perfect Democrat Socialist ticket for 2028!!).

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Bernie Sanders and AOC aren’t burning millions of dollars for rallies 22 months before the midterm to stop Trump. They are doing it to stop moderates in their party from replacing their power.
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