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[–] Alto@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, she's looking at her and her husband's bank accounts and thinking "well, I don't need to be propped up yet, so I can continue to be grossly corrupt and get even richer"

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, she is the queen of congressional insider trading…

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

She was # 6 in 2021, # 1 to 5 were all Republicans.

Then things didn't go as well in 2022

So how about we start paying attention to Republican tradings? 👍

[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Republicans are masters of messaging. They latch onto one thing for one person and pound it over and over again. The left accepts that these are bad things (they are) but won’t whatabout enough about the Republicans that do it worse, so this becomes Pelosi’s image while those that do it worse are unknown.

[–] mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While you are right this has zero to do with whatever party you want to idolize it’s a problem for all sides we need to focus on all of them, none of these clowns should be able to make trades, they are in positions where they actually can shape the outcomes of their trades that’s fucking ridiculous

And on topic there needs to be some realistic term limits for these jackasses especially when they start to get older, nothing wrong with being old but if you are running a country and you get stuck staring at cameras in a daze it’s time to go.. ffs most people I know can’t wait to retire and would do so even earlier if they could yet these goblins are slopping it up at the trough

This is a class issue always has been

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Never said it wasn't the case, I just pointed out the Pelosi is always the target when the fact is she's not the worst and there's zero attention put on any Republicans regarding that.

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So how about we start paying attention to Republican tradings?

People are. See those red bars in the infographics you posted? Paying attention to trades made by Republicans and paying attention made by Democrats are not mutually exclusive (also illustrated by the infographics you posted). What are you trying to achieve with this whataboutism?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm just pointing out the fact that people are always pointing at Pelosi but she's not the biggest culprit and no people aren't putting as much attention on the people who are actually worse than her.

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m just pointing out the fact that people are always pointing at Pelosi but she’s not the biggest culprit

You mean that she wasn't the most successful in 2022. Though, she was the only politician who had their own section in the 2022 report. https://unusualwhales.com/politics/article/congress-trading-report-2022#what-about-pelosi

Different story in 2020, wasn't it? This infographic includes members of the house only though. Insider trading in the senate may have been worse or better, depending on how you're looking at it.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's her investments, not her gains.

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think you are correct. These are securities each person purchased in 2020. My mistake.