The Republican lawmakers reportedly sold off large quantities of stock before the COVID-19 pandemic caused markets to plunge.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler have faced calls to resign after it was revealed that the Republican lawmakers sold off stock holdings before the COVID-19 epidemic crashed markets.
Sen. Richard Burr leaves a closed briefing on intelligence matters on Capitol Hill on December 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.In a Thursday night Twitter post reacting to the news of the stock dumps, former Democratic primary candidate Andrew Yang said:"If you find out about a nation-threatening pandemic and your first move is to adjust your stock portfolio you should probably not be in a job that serves the public interest.
"Senators Burr and Loeffler should be investigated by authorities and the Senate Ethics Committee," the Obama-era Housing Secretary Julián Castro said."If the evidence suggests they engaged in insider trading, they should be charged and stand trial." if he had no"honest explanation" for his decision to dump millions in stocks before the COVID-19 pandemic struck markets.
Reacting to a clip of Carlson condemning the senators, the author Matt Stoller said:"Tucker Carlson is calling for an important Republican Senator to be put in jail for #PandemicProfiteering. He's right. And it's not a partisan issue. This behavior is rancid."
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