I know that is true about incumbents, but I just don’t understand why. All a voter has to do is look at their voting record. We don’t need to listen to a fucking thing an incumbent says. Just look at the voting record. But voters can’t even be fucked to do that.
I was happy to see anyone challenging Pelosi. I agree Chakrabarti is a much better choice. Not my district, but I’ll cross my fingers that the voters do the right thing.
I don’t have much hope in the voters. Last time a great challenger came along, Shahid Buttar in 2020, they still elected the geriatric choice. The DNC and Dem voters are the fucking worst. I mean, as long as you pretend the racist, fascist, ignorant, magats on the other side of the aisle don’t exist.
She always gets shit for insider trading, as she should, but she’s not even in the top 10 worst. And it’s not a party thing, it’s freaking systemic
Member Trades Volume (millions) Estimated Return Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) 4,013 66.76 19.1% Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) 1,925 167.63 22.7% Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) 575 91.44 21.8% Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) 270 7.16 5.7% Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC) 186 13.58 56.3% Rep. John James (R-MI) 164 1.33 N/A Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)160 4.13 30.2% Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) 143 1.26 16.3% Sen. Tom Carper (D-DL) 100 3.32 32.6% Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) 97 6.54 28.0% -Source - https://www.fool.com/research/congressional-stock-trading-who-trades-and-makes-the-most/