Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is on her way out of office, as she decided against running yet again in this midterm cycle, yet the American people have not forgotten her alleged corruption via insider trading, and some members of Congress are still working for their constituents by trying to get justice. Yet further, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida revealed that he is working to go after Congressional corruption as well.
As a reminder, Rep. Pelosi has been accused by many of feeding insider information she has garnered thanks to her high-ranking position inside Congress to her husband, Paul Pelosi, who has used it to rack up impressive stock trading gains, with some even claiming the Pelosi family has scored $130 million in gains from the alleged corruption. Attempts to deal with Pelosi and like alleged corruption have generally gone nowhere.
In any case, kicking off his announcement about going after Congressional corruption by noting the allegations regarding Nancy Pelosi and her family, Gov. DeSantis said, “How is it that members of congress like Nancy Pelosi make windfalls in the stock market with suspiciously timed trades?”
Continuing, he noted that a Florida congresswoman has tried going after the corruption in DC, and he is working alongside that to go after corruption in what ways he can. He said, “Congresswoman
@RepLuna has taken a bold stand to end this grift and bring accountability to Washington, and we’re also taking action to improve transparency here in Florida.”
Building on that by describing in more detail what he is doing at the state level to fight congressional corruption, the governor said, “At the state level I support reforming Florida’s election procedures so candidates for federal office must disclose their intention to engage in stock trading while in office. Incumbents running for re-election must also disclose whether they traded individual stocks during their term.”
Concluding, he argued that forcing the details of corruption out into the open would help tamp down on it, saying, “This will make candidates be truthful upfront, or face repercussions for lying on qualifying documents. Floridians deserve to know: Are your congressmembers going to Washington to work for YOU, or are they going to enrich themselves?”
Doubling down on that argument in another post on X, Gov. DeSantis called on all national legislators from Florida to support the anti-stock-trading bill, saying, “Congress should pass @RepLuna ’s legislation to stop congressional insider trading. All members of the Florida delegation should support it.”
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Adding to that, he noted how infuriating it is to see legislators enrich themselves through obvious corruption, saying, “In the meantime, I am happy to support state-level reforms that will bring transparency to what has become a national farce. We are sick of seeing members of Congress with no prior investment acumen all of a sudden turn into Warren Buffett on steroids and put major hedge funds to shame. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!”
Watch him talk about his state-level initiative when speaking to Jesse Watters here: