
MAGOP Pennsylvania Representative Rob Bresnahan is one of the swampiest swamp creatures in Trumpistan. Despite campaigning for a ban on stock trading by lawmakers, Bresnahan has made 625 trades since taking office, as reported by Capital Trades, a site that provides “real-time politician trading data.” Moreover, Bresnahan financially benefited from his votes that negatively impact his constituents. He repeatedly vowed not to vote to cut the safety net, yet voted for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Gift to the Top 1%. When a report identified 9 rural hospitals in Pennsylvania at risk of closing, he sold between $100,000 and $250,000 in hospital bonds. Bresnahan also sold up to $15,000 of stock he held in Centene Corporation, the largest Medicaid provider in the country, whose stock dropped 40% after the BBB. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, Bresnahan made between $200,000 and $1.4 million from stock trades that included selling clean energy stocks and buying fossil fuel stocks before voting to repeal clean energy tax credits. The Congressman has now introduced a bill to bar members of Congress from buying or selling stocks, which is either a ruse or a cry for help—stop me before I profit off my vote and sell out my constituents again. (Common Dreams)