House Speaker Mike Johnson said he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility.
The thing is they're all criminals who'll be policing themselves, as proven by their ethics.
They all probably made enough money that they are willing to look for other ways to grift that are less public.🙄
Make sure MTG hears you.
But free Hamas jets are cool?
Does it matter when they don’t follow the laws that are made? Like yeah sure-ban it. Doubt it will be followed.
Lying motherfucker.
Lieing Again
Marge will be calling for his outsting in 5, 4, 3, 2........
Ok. Let’s see a vote on the floor…
Uh huh Now that the manipulation is complete and Trump and even MTG made their millions. How about an investigation into stock manipulation by the POTUS?
Let's test it immediately with new legislation and see if support actually means support (votes).
Too late ! They have already made their millions !
Wait for the next round of tariff roulette in Trump's casino.
He looked at republican poll numbers and suddenly he cares. I call bs.
It’s so weak, in this climate in my opinion, to simply say, “I support…” He needs, if this is truly the case he sees it as wrong, to go Jasmine Crockett on them!
Doesn’t the SEC regulate this anyway?
Vapid words with no actions.
So he supports the ban now that they've all become rich on insider trading?
He’ll call a vote once they’ve all shielded their money from whatever’s toothless rules are in the bill.
These people - 🙄
Someone didn't get in on the insider trading??
I’d be happy with a ban of terrorists and criminals ‘serving’ in government.
Everything he says is a lie tho.
Yeah, right!
I don't like taking sides when members of Congress are committing crimes. That goes double for a self serving president who has taken over Congressional powers under emergency provisions lacking any actual emergency.
Screw him. He won’t do anything.
YOU CANT BELIEVE THESE COCKROACHES.
About damn time!!
Maybe Mikey is catching on that Trump and his pals don't give a fiddlers fuck about Project 25. Give these grifters some time and they'll eat each other.
I would go one further. I would forbid the entirity of the immediate family including wife, parents, and adult children, and siblings. Time these folks had some consequences for the shit heads they enable. Time to ensure NO back doors on the ban.
And the spouses of children.
There are already insider trading laws on the books. All it would take is Congress un-exempting themselves from those laws. In news from the same reality where that happens, Mike Johnson rode a unicorn that shits glitter into his office this morning while Cheney sang show tunes from "Rent".
Look at that, he does know right from wrong on occasion. What a surprise.....
Nope. He knows the words that will make a "journalist" move on. Was he asked how and when he plans to deal with his concerns?
Mike Johnson is a Traitor.
Really? 😳
Johnson is a POS
Just as soon as he’s made his fortune trading stock.
Their bank accounts...offshore of course are full and now they are dealing Crypto via Trump crime Family!!
Maybe Mike wasn’t in the group text.
Riiiiight
I'm sure Marge is ready and waiting with a motion to vacate.
Surprise!
He said it but he's not going to do anything about it. C'mon.
Probably another lie !
It's called insider trading.
Oh no- now he will earn the wrath of MTG.
Oh, cool. What’s the number on the bill he introduced and when is it scheduled for a vote? ***crickets***
Yup. He won’t do anything
Then ask your favorite democrat to do something 🤔
Mark Kelly tried to bring it up and Roger Stone threatened him with execution.
The silence is deafening from these party over country folks
I guess he’s done making his stock trades.
Sure he does
Include the executive branch too please
Time for Democrats to introduce a bill ASAP to get this done. Republicans better not add any riders to that bill
A spine of jello 🤬
Bribes are still a good source of revenue even if he really does care about stock trading.
Oh yeh, they're all on board for no stock trading. Isn't lying a sin, Mike?
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Coach Tommy isn’t gonna like that.
Only because he knows it will never actually get written down and voted on.
Sure he does. Lets' see if such a bill ever comes up for a votes.
I'm going with "A little bit late maybe?" Also "Better late than never" And "I'll believe it when I see it"
It’s in line right after no tax on tips.
I forgot about that one😂
Is it still 2 weeks until the new health care plan and infrastructure bills come out?
Ten days, fourteen tops.
Don’t forget our big beautiful TrumpCare health plan! I think it’s called Hurry Up and DEI Already
I wouldn’t believe it even if I see it. Laws mean nothing with a powerful legal team and judge buddies.
"Well-timed trades" is exactly what Martha Stewart went to jail for.
Still have to wonder if, when Johnson will just fly with the political winds
I’ll believe it when I read the damn thing. You know how they like to mislabel their efforts.
Until Trump tells him not to. Fucking lapdog.
Of course he supports it. He just won’t vote for it. In fact, he’ll vote against it. See, talk is cheap; actions are what counts. The GOP has known this for many, many years.
A broken clock is right twice a day...but KNOWING this snake, means whatever bill he supports has language that will ultimately make it WORSE.
This all sounds good and fair. But it does not make an iota difference to the Trump clan.
“Well-timed” 🤣
Coming from the guy who filters his money through the church to avoid taxes, yeah ok
He just goes where the political winds blow.
BS
All Sleazeballs
will believe it when I see it...
He already cashed in. So he has no problem making sure others can’t.
The bill banning stock trading by Congressional members will be submitted in 2 weeks.
Then make it happen, you nitwit cockwomble.
Just working out the details for the workarounds that will make any new rules useless. Once that's done, straight on it 👍
Grifting for public support of a bill that will never materialize. So out of touch that he actually still believes employers provide free health insurance. Avg. cost to cover a family is 500$ to 1000$ month just for the premium. Deductibles and actual care are costly extras.
How much did he make?
What about digital currency? Is it ok for a president to establish a currency and allow foreign governments to invest in his currency as a means of gaining favor with the president?
Get em! Set it off youtu.be/0aQKmbtp6Pc?...
It’s rhetoric and a diversion. Never ever believe a politician about what would lessen their over flowing coffers. On second thought, never believe a politician period.
How much did he make that week?
You do realize that an actual "well-timed trade" is a matter mostly of luck, whereas what Congress is doing is trading on insider information, which is not merely controversial, it's criminal? That headline is some New York Times style bullshit, Politico. Do better.
Of course, you believe him. Stop telling me what they say, report on WHAT THEY DO.
Cryptocoin pump-and-dump bribery schemes are totally fine, though
what convenient timing.
We show our values with our actions, not our words.
I still think it's very strange that this man doesn't have a bank account.
So he's made enough money to make out he's a decent little sycophant😵💫
Pfffff.....do u really think they will??? Actions speak louder than words with them....wake me if there's a vote
Right. Excuse me while I go out back and feed my pet unicorn.
He’ll never get it passed
Lil beet shhh!
A little late in the game, you freaking puppet.
He supports something that’s going to combat corruption? Go figure. Color me shocked.
Colour me shocked. But he doesn't want "any appearance of impropriety here?" Is he getting ready for a post-Speaker career as a stand-up comic? Because that shit's funny.
Johnson gives me the creeps
I hear ya. He fits perfectly with this administration.
The most do-nothing “leader” of the most do-nothing congress of all time!
Just another thing that Republicans "support" but would never actually do. If it ever did come up for a vote, the votes would be fascinating to watch. Those who vote against would have some real questions to answer.
Actually, top 10 performers in 2024 include 6 R's & 4 D's and Nancy is #10 @ 70.9% return. Top of the list Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC): 149.0%
Sure he does what about bribery in politics that hes also deep in both crimes ! The crime party syndicate !
He is one of the biggest criminals in history when it comes to hiding money and illegal insider trading, follow the money folks,look at his properties,lots of undeclared income happening there
He’s lying, he will never vote yes on this!!!
Ban stock trading by members of Congress now!
What? Wait!!! I thought it was illegal to buy stock while in office. If they have taken the opportunity to use inside information to benefit in the stock market then THEY NEED TO BE ARRESTED AND GO TO JAIL!!! Just proves that a lot of them are merely opportunistic bastards!
Hold him to it.
I bet…….
All lying demon's of darkness. Repubs. & Dems are traitors to their country. Slavery has never ended. They are the updated version of paddyrollers & the billionaire's are the slave masters.
Yeah. Rs and Ds are exactly the same. One side is literally taking half billion dollar bribes, and the other side recognizes the illegality of this. So yes, exactly the same. (Actually, I now see some actual Rs are putting their head above the parapet, presumably those retiring.)
Hang on here...did he clear this with "Der Fuhrer/Trutin" first? Getting a bit ahead of himself isn't he? "Mr. Principled"...what a laugh.
but tRump can accept a luxurious plane, make business deals in the Middle East, pump and dump his cryptocurrency, run a pay to play scheme via 'presidential club' and Mar-a-Lago dinners, get tech bros contributions in exchange for favorable federal actions... on and on
that bill will never make it to the floor. clickbait, not news. fuck you @politico.com
Republicans are very good at speaking out in apparent support of an issue, though when it comes time to vote, they wilt. Looking at you Dr. Sen. Cassidy from LA when you melted on the vote to confirm RFK, Jr.
Need to add crypto too
Word salad…don’t believe what he says. Ever.
I will believe it when it's passes.
Not to mention when m.j. resists pressure from trump to "change his mind" to continue to do trump's bidding.
It will pass when there is a foolproof method for avoiding it entirely. Either more lucrative crypto-nonsense, specific allowance of easy straw-man buyers, or just direct donations for legislation with bribes paid as a gratuity.
Just get it done!
Sure he does, now that lits becomes a scandal
How lips are moving, so that means he is lying. A lying liar who lies out of his lying liar hole
That's what the boss (not Bruce) wants. Calling him the boss is getting me to think he's using the language of the mafia for a reason. If he was my boss, I'd quit.
this mike johnson answer a line of shit
Everytime a republican opens his/her mouth they are lying.
Sort of like locking the barn door after all the horses were stolen.
Dems, take it and run with it.
They’re also insider trading.
Oh now he's willing to do something about the insider trading among the members of Congress. What a worthless piece of shit.
𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇?
Yeah... and let's see if there's any follow-thru.
He's just against getting caught.
If he supports it, then I know that there’s a backdoor…kinda like his sex life.
Good god. Is he feeling ok?
After the fact, bastard
What stance does he take on married Christian Congressmen hooking up with dates on Grindr?
We'll see what happens when the rubber meets the road. He's a notorious liar.
It's about time he did something decent
Everybody “supports” it until it’s time to put pen to paper to actually make a bill.
What a weak, spineless man…
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He's a #MAGAt, if he's talkin' he's lyin'. This will NEVER happen.
Why? He missed the opportunity himself, or he cashed enough?
Well timed=insider trading. Quit sugar coating steaming piles of shit!
Yeah right. Trump will admonish and threaten him, then he'll say it's perfectly cool.
All this shit is run by Richie rich from his secret mansion. Let's have a puppet battle
He’s lying.
Lives with a man who is light in the loafers. Uber straight?
Still investigations required from month before Tariff announcement by everyone in Trump orbit including Congress. Senate and justices!!
Voting in a "Democracy" isn't that at all, it's being lied to by the RW press, to convince you to vote for A or B, giving them a golden ticket to get rich quick off the system. Then the corporate "donations" kick in and they change their tune to mirror the bill payers' whims.
I don’t believe a thing that creepy clown says.
Throw his worthless ass in jail!!!!!!!!!
a little late there, mikey, acting all aghast and all...
It’s about time this Congress passed a bill. This one would be a good place to start.
That’s like putting on your directional after you’ve made the turn
only because he knows it will never happen....
They support it NOW after they made their money
I don't believe anything Moses Mike Johnson says.
Insider trading tho, no need for us to be tribal
Tiny crumbs. Mikey still likes Political bribery.
Public facing support, because they can’t figure out how to only make the rules apply to the Dems
He’ll do anything Donnie Downer tells him to
Yeah congrats, after the largest grift by Congress has already happened.
He says that but watch him never bring it up for a vote.
Better too late than not at all?
Marge had better watch out.
Yes. 😀
Jealous much because he wasn't able to grift enough?
The pus want do it?
Ditto for all elected officials and then deal. Including Trump
"supports"? Lol and take the blinders off, the money makes the rules and no one is going to do shit.
If they can't buy and sell stock using inside info, they'll just switch to blatantly taking bribes, like Trump. 90% of Reps and Senators are there get paid, whether its legal or not.
Now let’s work on the dude supposedly running this thing into the fukken ground
Such a no-brainer. Not permitted to trade stocks while serving should be a minimum requirement. The fact the US Congress has gotten this far with perks is a true measure of the greed and stupidity of Americans.
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too little, too late!
How much did he make
But it’s one of the two reasons MAGA Republicans run for office: 1-Insider trading 2-Cruelty
It's called the Pelosi Act for a reason.
Maybe with less trading, humans will have more time to throw out the good stuff! More opportunities for us raccoons!
He looks terrified.
Well hallelujah. Just wondering if he’s open to it now because maybe the “inner Trump cronies” excluded him from the trader insider plot and he didn’t get to reap millions like they did...
Watch what he does. Not what he says.
Yeah ok. This is how it will play out: He'll act almost reasonable in front of the press. He'll claim that he supports a ban. He'll put it up to vote knowing full well that his fellow Republicans won't support it. Then he'll go back to the press & claim that he tried & pretend that's all he can do.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Long overdue.
There was not a law already in place? Republicans are blocking any independent agencies to have any oversight on congresspeople. This administration is just using this government for person gain. It’s all talk because they can’t walk the walk.
It's called the " STOCK Act " A law from 2013 that Repubs and Dems break every day. Nancy didn't make $450 million on a $175 k a year salary and a couple of books. I wouldn't be surprised if trump was blackmailing the Do-nothing dems with exposure. The dems who don't trade are very vocal lately.
Like hell he does.
I'll believe it when I see him bring a bill to the floor. Talk is cheap.
Mike Johnson can declare support for anything. What counts is whether he will allow for a floor vote on the proposed ban.
after they got the money and there's no more room to fuck around with the market without devaluing the dollars they got mike johnson should die in poverty idc
He supports a ban, as long as they can use proxies to make their trades!
and who will enforce it? let me guess, it'll only be dems who get caught/punished
Yeah right! D GOP will find every possible excuse NOT 2 support ban! That’s one thing d GOP does “well” lie, lie, lie! When Cheeto tells them not to he’ll fold like d rest of them. He’ll do as he’s told. He’s got ZERO brain. Moses Mike is another useless POS like their cult leader.
So what's he going to do about it? Nothing.
As if. Everything out of his mouth is a lie.
His decision is also very well-timed He waited til the damage was done