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Business Insider Reports: 49 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest
Should members of Congress be able to trade stocks?
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John — in 2020, 56% of Joe Manchin’s net worth (of $8,600,000) came from his stocks. The vast majority of that came from his coal company run by his son.
When Democratic leadership was asked to comment on insider trading among members of Congress, they responded: “we're a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that”.
To be clear: members of Congress trading stocks is a conflict of interest. Plain and simple.
This is exactly the sort of corporate stunt that makes the average voter think that Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans. If we don’t want to lose in 2022, we need “centrists” to stop hijacking the party platform for their financial gain.
Our Revolution is working to build a more progressive Democratic Party, but we need to know that our grassroots activists are on board with our transformations. That’s why we want to know:
Do you think members of Congress should be able to trade stocks?
In solidarity,
Our Revolution 
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