AOC rips into her colleagues for insider trading — says their hypocrisy ‘fuels the right’ and Republicans are ‘far more honest’ about it. Here’s how to get rich outside the US stock market

moneywise ^ | March 22, 2025 | Jing Pan

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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.”

Ocasio-Cortez believes the issue is especially damaging to the Democratic Party.

“I think sometimes what my colleagues and other people in the party don't understand, is that the insider trading that happens in Congress — it explodes the cynicism that fuels the right. It doesn't benefit us. It benefits Republicans because they make no bones about what class they are here to serve,” she said. “In fact, Republicans are far more honest in this respect sometimes, which is that they're here to serve the billionaire class, and they make decisions very publicly to serve that billionaire class.”

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What's her net worth now?

[BenLurkin]

[gibsonguy]

They are really grooming this idiot now. Cryin Chuck, you better look in that rear view mirror.

[eastexsteve]

What's her net worth now?

About 130 million. She must have been a helluva bartender.

[LouAvul]

..some lawmakers appear to exploit their positions for financial gain

Seriously? Talk about an understatement.

[TexasGator]

“About 130 million. She must have been a helluva bartender.”

Get real.

[CaptainK]

She's actually been consistent on this one talking point. She
was looking into the issue with Matt Gatz, before he left the Congress.

[CaptainK]

She claims she’s in debt due to her student loans. Where are you getting this figure from?

[bigbob]

She prefers the old fashioned way of getting rich in Congress - graft and corruption.

[MtnClimber]

Start an NGO, get billions to save the fabled gay rainbow cockaded woodpecker.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

The issue is not just a one off. It’s multiplied and squared by every individual. There is no way it can ever be forgiven, it went on too many times for too long.

[joshua c]

aoc is clearing the decks

so the young commies can rise in leadership

[CDB]

She prefers the old fashioned way of getting rich in Congress - graft and corruption.

How many many Congressmen, and Senators have become multi-millionaires on their low six-digit salaries?

[Bobbyvotes]

Negative due to unpaid college loans?
But I can agree with her on politicians exploiting insider knowledge to make quick profits in stock market. Ask Pelosi!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Sandy’s grousing her palm isn’t being greased enough.

“Hey, where’s MY 10%? Where’s my bags? Where’s my juice, my sweetener? Come on, fellas!”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Get real.”

Yeah, I heard she’s closer to a half billion now.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Says the tip-stealing barmaid.

[cableguymn]

enough that she doesn’t need to do insider trading (because she has someone do it for her)

[stanne]

People buy her BS

[Aeneas2112]

Broken clock....