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Podcast star Joe Rogan attacked Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her recent decision to defend members of congress owning and actively trading stocks while serving their terms.

As The Daily Wire reports:

Rogan blasted politicians for using the system to get rich after they leave office. “They make their money when they get out,” Rogan said. “What it is is [it’s] like an investment, if you get out you will have money for speaking engagements with all the companies that you helped, all the companies that you like, ‘Hey, I like you. I like you. Let’s hang out, let’s party.’ They’re like, ‘Hey, Mike. Mike the former president, we’d love to have you come speak at our conference, and we’re willing to pay you a half a million dollars.’ So this [it’s] like weird bribes.”

Rogan had one of his producers play the clip of Pelosi commenting on members of Congress trading stock, to which Rogan responded, “Have you ever seen a person look more nervous?”

“She’s giving this like very simplistic, almost vague answer,” he continued. “Because should you be allowed to participate in the stock market when you’re influencing the direction of the stock or when you know which direction something’s going to go in? Or when you’re going to pass a law that’s going to benefit these businesses, that’s going to force the stock to go up, and you know that, so you invest a sh*t ton of money before it happens? That seems like a problem. That seems like it’s a problem. Now why is that not a problem? Because we’re f***ing co-opted.”

 

Many critics blasted Pelosi for the comments, claiming that allowing members of Congress to actively trade stocks while having access to information not available to the public gives them an unfair advantage and encourages corrupt behavior.




Comments

  1. A clearer example of corruption is unheard of. This is clearly an ethics issue and it appears the Democrats are showing their true apathy and lack of ethics. I am not sure the GOP is better as they are not disagreeing enough. They should be challenging it much more vocally if they disagree or consider it an ethical issue. The founding fathers would be turning in their graves today to see this.

    1. this whole thing of destroying this govt is a “dog and pony show” incorporating both parties. all of these politicians need to be hung (well most of them) along with the heads of the alphebet govertment agencies (and fauci should experirnc forst had the experiments he has but the bengals, monkeys in), can I watch please.

  2. LISTEN UP….THIS is GOD’S Planet EARTH and EVERYTHING in it. EVERYTHING is TEMPORARY. Only GOD is from EVERLASTING to EVERLASTING. What a WISE GOD. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄

  3. It’s a violation of the law to use insider info to invest in the stock Mart for anyone in the general public….so it’s a violation for sure if you pass laws to influence stocks and then buy these stocks.

  4. The lack of ethics by Congress woman Pelosi should disguard her for ever holding such an office ever again.

  5. They should not be allowed to buy, sell or trade and that includes their families and friends it’s not right it should be illegal.

  6. Anyone entering elected office should be required to freeze their stock portfolio or divest themselves of it.

    Here’s an even better idea, Tie their assets to the Country’s gains and losses. If the country makes money, then they will make money. If the country’s hemorrhaging money and losing it, so too will they lose money.
    Bet there’d be a lot less spendthrift politicians.

  7. Please resign immediately
    Your a horrid drunk
    All Americans have and will continue to out grow you

  8. She needs to see the insides of a jailcell asap she is nothing but a crimal who needs to be lock away for what this scumbag is doing.

  9. look this is obvious but then so are many of the problems of this government officials like campagin donations by the suler riich (hell the rich nd corporations), the covid debacle and shutting down small business (shows how the left loves big business), taking over the media to spew lies (you do know that freedom of the press doesn’t include telling lies, especially blanat lies), and the list goes on.

  10. Martha Stewart had insiders trading going on and went to prison, but Pelosi gets to do it why isn’t she going to prison.

  11. Father I hate being first but I have something to ask! Why are you dismayed ? God told us best. There are only bribes in a man’s right hand,. Come out of her we can’t serve God and mammon. You will love one and hate the other. Be still and know that the Lord is Lord of Lords and King of Kings he overcame the world and drove them out of the temple who sell doves and the changers of money. He will do it again! Use this scourge Lord., I have made myself ready. One nation under God!

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