John,

Reports came out last night that Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler personally dumped millions of dollars in stock immediately after an Intelligence Committee briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic. At a moment when they could have been using their offices to protect seniors and people with disabilities who are now in mortal danger, they looked for ways to profit.

Social Security Works is calling for Sens. Burr and Loeffler to resign, and for an investigation into any other member of our government―including the White House―who may have personally profited from downplaying the pandemic.  

But we’re also fighting for a response that protects seniors and people with disabilities, by putting money into protections for doctors, nurses, and seniors centers. Can you chip in $4 to help us fight back?

Sens. Burr and Loeffler could have taken action to expand domestic production of ventilators and N95 masks, which are now in dangerously short supply.

They could have pressured President Trump to prepare the national guard and FEMA to build mobile hospitals.

They could have demanded that America have enough tests that we wouldn’t have to shut down our entire economy in the name of social distancing.

Instead, Sen. Loeffler invested $200,000 in a company that makes teleconferencing software, and Burr sold nearly $1 million in hotel stock just before the crash.

We’re fighting to keep our elected officials’ attention where it belongs: protecting the American people, not their own personal enrichment. Chip in $4 today!

Thanks,

Michael Phelan
Social Security Works