John,

Let’s be clear about something: Senators don’t get private briefings for their own benefit. Secret briefings in the Senate Intelligence committee are a sacred trust that exists to allow Senators to better represent and fight for the American people.

Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler broke that trust by putting their own stock portfolios ahead of American safety. Seniors and people with disabilities will die because of their greed. They must resign.

ADD YOUR NAME: Senators Burr and Loeffler must resign in disgrace.

While they chimed along with Donald Trump’s lies, calling the coming pandemic a “democratic hoax”, they dumped millions of dollars in stock just before the crash.

This is a massive violation of the public trust, and it may be illegal. In 2012, Congress passed the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act, and Burr was one of only three votes against it.

At a time when millions of Americans are losing their jobs and our economy has ground to a halt to stop the spread of this disease, these two members of Congress received advance warning of the impact of this pandemic and found something worse to do than nothing.

They should resign. And their actions this month should haunt them for the rest of their lives.

We’re proud to stand with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and other partners in calling for justice.

Any elected official―regardless of party―who endangers seniors and people with disabilities in the interest of personal financial gain should face the same consequences as well.

Thanks,

Alex Lawson
Social Security Works