PA Democratic Party @PADems: BREAKING: Rob Bresnahan sold his stock in Centene,

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the country’s largest Medicaid provider, right before voting to strip healthcare from 17 million Americans.

Link to tweet

This vote and all the consequences of it must be spelled out for the voters with specifics at townhalls and if necessary, billboards etc.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. _""

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. Too bad they didn't make it clear that he's a Republican.

[DENVERPOPS]

15. For quite some time

The mass media has left off the (D) or (R) after a politician's name purposely, since it is most often bad shit they are publishing, done by a (R)

Cute little trick they have learned that works in their favor.......there are ton's of others that the 95+% Republican owned/operated Mass Media in the U.S. uses..................some really really subtle ones, some not so subtle........Like when they published Obama's picture and had purposely darkened his facial skin tones by a lot.....

[PatSeg]

21. Of course for the most part

it is usually unnecessary to designate what political party they are as their actions or inactions are pretty self-evident.

It reminds me of how often people post comments or memes that say "He did or said blah, blah, blah" and we automatically know it is Donald Trump.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. True

but there are so many different politicians names being thrown around these days, it is hard to keep track of them all......and if the media were required to state D, I or R, then the MAGAot voters wouldn't be able to automatically/subconsciously assume it couldn't be an R who did something nefarious and truly despicable.....

[PatSeg]

24. I can remember a time (long ago) when a politician's

party wasn't automatically mentioned in every news report or story. There once was a time when there were more important issues than one's political party. Party designation was primarily important during election season.

So often now, whatever one of them does or says is a reflection of their party, not them or their office.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Kick! Absolutely disgusting. No sense of service.

Being a GOP congressman is transactional.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. He'd known about it for weeks, good to know he waits for confirmation

before pulling the trigger.

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5. A complete lowlife.

[cadoman]

6. the graphic itself says he sold May 15

That is an eternity in market time.

And it's not illegal. Plenty of representatives actively trade and it is very difficult to get legislation passed to stop it because most reps "supplement" their salary with these trades.

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8. Our side must fight to make it illegal and until then, we highlight how deeply

corrupt it is.

Slavery was legal back in the day, segregation was legal etc.

[cadoman]

9. not likely that anyone will fight to make it illegal unless the old guard is rapidly cycled out

Need to hit the sweet spot where the members come into power but are still idealistic.

IMO the best and most easily passed law would split the difference: allow them to trade but require public notice before consummating any trade. This makes enforcement trivial as regulators need only look at the timestamps of the disclosure and the trade, rather than preparing a case on amorphous concepts like "intent" or "knowing".

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10. It is a popular restriction. *86% of Americans support banning stock trading by members of Congress*

May 22, 2025
Kelly, Ossoff Reintroduce Congressional Stock Trading Ban
Kelly, Ossoff continue leading push to ban stock trading by members of Congress

Bill requires members of Congress & their families to place stock portfolios in blind trusts or divest holdings

https://www.kelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/kelly-ossoff-reintroduce-congressional-stock-trading-ban/#:~:text=Today%2C%20Senator%20Mark%20Kelly%20(D,use%20inside%20information%20to%20influence

We must be viewed as the safeguard.

[cadoman]

13. tbh I don't find blind trusts to be that effective

There becomes the question of just how blind they are, and it forces candidates who may actually be investing responsibly to divest. For example, if you have selected a green or progressive ETF, do you really want to divest it and randomly invested into potentially big oil, defense, gun manufacturers, etc.?

Let Congress trade and hold what they want to, just make them publicize the trades before execution. Makes their incentives public so the their constituents can decide if they're improperly profiteering, and removes the first-mover advantage they get as the crafters of legislation.

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16. What the congressman did explains why that approach is not a remedy.

Have to agree to disagree.

[Wiz Imp]

26. May 15 was right before the House took the first vote on the bill

It may not be illegal but it is completely fucking unethical

[BoRaGard]

7. This is who the G.O.P. is - shifty and grifty

lacking in honor

[mn9driver]

11. Couple things.

1. Congress critters should not be allowed to actively trade or directly own stock. Their accounts should be held and managed in a blind Trust as long as they hold office. Anything less invites corruption. I’m not holding my breath.

2. Keeping the point in item 1 in mind, this chart is unfortunately deceptive. The price scale has been manipulated to make the price drop look bigger, and the sell date is not actually very close to when the bill was voted on.

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17. Are you suggesting he had no idea weeks ago?

I believe that would be a mistake.

[Iamscrewed]

12. More insider trading?

[Random Boomer]

14. Hardly insider knowledge

It was pretty much a forgone conclusion for weeks.

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18. Exactly.

[Iamscrewed]

25. Let's see who has made transaction and when

[DENVERPOPS]

19. He has only been in office for five months

and he has already figured out how it works............LOL

[dlk]

20. No such thing as insider trading any more

The corruption is now “in your face.”

[IronLionZion]

22. Republicans are very efficient like that

making money from screwing people, profit over people, insider trading on the laws they vote on, etc.