 So over the last couple of years there have been so many reports about how Nancy Pelosi and her husband have been Conspicuously making millions and millions of dollars by trading stocks now It's a little bit sus if you ask me and to put it lightly because this is a member of Congress and not just any member of Congress this is the speaker of the house and she's in theory supposed to be regulating these companies But yet she's making millions of dollars off of them and putting aside that conflict of interest She is somebody with inside information She's privy to details about the economy and industries that normal Americans don't have access to so not only is it a conflict of interest But it's unfair members of Congress have an unfair advantage compared to Americans with regard to the stock markets And when Nancy Pelosi was asked about this as you'll recall She scoffed at the idea of banning stock trading for members of Congress No, I don't know to the second one Any we have a responsibility to report in the stock on the stock But I don't I'm not familiar with that five-month review, but if the people aren't reporting they should be Because this is a free market and people We are free market economy that should be able to participate in that translation It shouldn't be banned because I am getting a really really fucking rich off of it. So deal with it now Unusual Wales just released the report that finds that Nancy Pelosi is the most successful Democrat when it comes to the stock market and these individuals made Numerous unusually timed trades Resulting in huge gains and would you look at that you have Austin Scott at the top of the list Brian Mast French Hill John Curtis Dan Crenshaw and then Nancy Pelosi right up there in the top 10 with Republicans Nothing to worry about. This is a free market. We should allow this to continue to happen. No big deal. It's just it's astonishing to me But unfortunately for Nancy Pelosi most Americans don't agree with her three out of four Americans think that members of Congress have an unfair advantage in trading stocks and this poll was Conducted by a conservative pollster But there's been a consistent flow of other polls that show Significant support for banning members of Congress and in some instances support for banning members of Congress and their families From trading stocks now Nancy Pelosi has corrupt as she is is not stupid She knows that this is unpopular, but she's probably done a cost-benefit analysis and determined that it's worth it I think she probably would prefer to be viewed as corrupts if she can keep breaking in lots and lots of money But to her chagrin a member of her own party is trying to reign in her corruption by introducing a bill That is the strongest yet with regard to banning members of Congress from trading stocks because this one closes loop holes that previous bills Contained so as the New York Post reports John Ossoff expected to snub Pelosi by pushing ban on Congress stock trades now Let's just pause right there. We're gonna dive into the article But I just want to point out that this is not a bill that's named these stop Nancy Pelosi from being corrupt act but he is Floating this legislation right after Nancy Pelosi Got rightful criticism for scoffing at the idea of banning members of Congress from trading stocks So his timing here is very conspicuous and this is very obviously something that is going to make Nancy Pelosi angry But nonetheless, he's doing it so credit where it's due I didn't think that John Ossoff had the backbone to actually stand up to members of his own party But I'm glad that he's doing this nonetheless So Georgia senator John Ossoff is looking to introduce a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks a practice That House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has defended as her husband rakes in millions of dollars trading shares of tech companies The post is learned the Ossoff ethics bill which the Democratic freshman senator plans to introduce once he finds a Republican co-sponsor Would crack down on conflicts of interest by making it illegal for lawmakers and their families to trade stocks while in office a Washington DC source close to the situation set It would also likely require lawmakers to put their assets in blind trusts a step that the 34-year-old Ossoff Completed himself months after being elected in January of 2021 No Senate Republicans appear to have publicly come out against congressional stock trades So Ossoff may have trouble finding a co-sponsor in the Senate But Republican support in the House is more likely since several GOP House members including Texas representatives Michael Cloud and Chip Roy Have come out against the practice now You're probably thinking wait a second haven't there already been bills introduced that are similar to this Yes, and you've probably heard about the ban conflicted trading act This is the really popular one that a lot of members of Congress surprisingly have supported I'm talking about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaded to Lee by Anna Presley progressives like that But also corporate Democrats like Conor Lamb and even some Republicans including Matt Gaetz So this bill has support ranging from the left to the far right and that's really interesting but the problem with that particular piece of legislation is that it does not place a ban on the family members of Congress people so if you don't close that loophole, then you're not really Addressing the core issue here because Nancy Pelosi in the event she herself Wasn't able to trade stocks, which she does do very frequently. She's a very active trader Then she just relayed the inside information that she receives to her husband and she and he'd buy the stocks and They'd still continue to get rich So I feel like this legislation isn't really going to suffice unless you have that loophole in their clothes and thankfully John Ossoff is proposing Legislation that would close that loophole. My only criticism is that I don't know why Democrats always have to try to find a Way to work in Republicans, you know that Republicans in the Senate at least probably aren't going to support this I mean if you get a Republican cosponsor great because I think that that will make your bill more likely to gain momentum At least with regard to the media but if you can't find a Republican cosponsor don't sit on it just introduce it nonetheless and Get this bill out there because I want people in Congress to Put their names on the record. Do they support open corruption open conflicts of interest or do they want to rein that in? I think this is really important and I would like to see a vote on this I'm not very optimistic about that But the fact that John Ossoff is introducing this bill honestly kudos to him because he knows this is going to piss off Democratic Party leadership and Good they need to be challenged. They are the problem They're not the only problem with the Democratic Party But leadership is what is holding everyone else in the party back and they have to be challenged and they Are openly corrupt and that is why the Democratic Party has turned away from the working class So if you start by targeting members who are the most corrupt those at the top That's when you really begin to make a difference. So this is a good bill and I hope it gains momentum once it is introduced