GOP senator complains that headlines about her stock trades are 'hurtful'

[turbinetree]

By Dan Desai Martin -April 7, 2020 1:26 PM

Sen. Kelly Loeffler sold off hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stock in January after being briefed about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) began a Monday conference call with business leaders by complaining about media headlines related to her recent stock-trading scandal.

I just want to mention one thing since we're all together on a call," Loeffler said. "There's been some headlines — some very inaccurate, really, I guess I would just say hurtful headlines — about my portfolio activity."

Loeffler said that the allegations against her are "political in nature" and "false attacks."

Loeffler's "portfolio activity" included the sell-off of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stock in January after senators were briefed about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

https://americanindependent.com/kelly-loeffler-stock-trades-hurtful-gop-senate-georgia/

I think you should be charged under the RICO ACT, besides insider trading.................
And just a side note if its so hurtful....................well resign.............

[riversedge]

1. If the heat is too much, get out of the kitchen.

[turbinetree]

3. Yepper spot on....................

And watch her throw more stuff on the blaze..................just like her hero with the orange hair, same modis operandi, self pity................blame everyone else.............

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. thoughts and prayers. Be Best.

[turbinetree]

6. Another good one.....................

[texasfiddler]

4. A crook without empathy and a snowflake.

Typical GOP

[turbinetree]

8. She hasn't been schooled to have empathy...............grifter

she was handed the seat she's sitting in right now.......................

[Jamastiene]

19. That's the secret to the whole thing.

Calling them "snowflake" REALLY gets under their skin more than almost anything. If everyone who supports Trump and the rest of the Republicans started getting called, "snowflake" relentlessly, this whole Trump right wing leaning movement would be over so quick, heads would spin. They shrivel at being called that. It is why they use it as an insult toward us so much.

[demtenjeep]

5. boo hoo

and "what the fuck"

[turbinetree]

9. I second that motion........................

[ProfessorGAC]

7. It Hurts You, Kelly?

Let me pile on by saying Good, you deserve it! Punkass, uncouth twit.

[turbinetree]

11. Now, Now, lets be civil.....................not.................

[Different Drummer]

24. Good for you for not being able to say it with a straight face.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. I Knew It Was Coming

No way tree was going to worry about that privileged twit's feelings.
Nicely played pretend scolding.

[turbinetree]

54. Wado---------------thank you

[turbinetree]

53. Wado---------------thank you

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Whine whine whine...call me an ambulance...whine whine whine. Pathetic POS. She deserves ...

nothing. We all lost money during the crash (or a lot of us)...she got out because she had a f**king warning that things were going to get bad, what did she do? She didn't run to her voters and warn them, she instead called her broker, and said 'get out'!

Scumbag. She deserves a healthy charge of insider trading. And jail time. All of them.

[turbinetree]

12. Check out what her husband does............he's probably involved also................

[SWBTATTReg]

14. You know that he probably was. He was probably in on it, like you said, and more than likely,

called his buddies etc. to warn them too.

Pathetic scumbags.

[turbinetree]

21. Check this out....................coincidence................

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/sen-loeffler-ceo-husband-reportedly-made-options-trades-often-used-as-hedges-against-volatility.html

I gotta a bridge......................

[SWBTATTReg]

55. Even worse. I suspect that other traders and those that trade in the stock markets will sue,

and the SEC will investigate, being that these people blatantly used insider information, to score profits against everyone else...the SEC doesn't like insider trading for it destroys the integrity of the market places and also, causes others to lose money to them. Remember, these people are basically stealing from others in the marketplace.

Disgusting. These people should be not part of the problem, but responsible citizens, not engaging in illegal activities such as insider trading. The options trading is even worse, being that people had their stocks pulled away (this is what happens in an options trade), and forced to buy/sell (depending on the kind of options involved).

Disgusting. They should face charges, everyone else does. The SEC doesn't look kindly on these kinds of trades, nor should other market place participants. This means that anyone, owning any of the shares of the companies sold or brought, have standing to sue everyone of these people in court.

Take care, and be safe!

[Jamastiene]

13. Her precious (to her) "fee-fees" are the LEAST of my concern.

She obviously doesn't know what the word, "hurt" means. Let the little whiny baby cry.

[turbinetree]

15. She can't handle the pressure, but she sure could make that deal with no problem.............

[alittlelark]

16. I hope it hurts as much as Covfefe19

Deep intractable body aches, severe headaches/migraines, Fever-induced confusion and hallucinations etc.

Oh, yeah, and death.

[dalton99a]

49. I hope she gets a nice dosage

[RhodeIslandOne]

17. Hmmmm

[Tribetime]

47. Exactly the way they all feel

They had somebody posted on Facebook on Sunday night why was everybody being so critical of the president and criticizing him I guess I must have been on Mars last for years when all he's been doing is putting everybody else down it doesn't agree with them

[gratuitous]

18. She and hubby are worth at least half a billion

That's $500,000,000 in nice, round numbers. One of her trades was to dump about $43,000 in travel company stock (I think it was). To put that into terms you and I might better appreciate, suppose you had a net worth of $5,000 instead of five hundred million. Loeffler was trying to avoid a hit to her investment portfolio that would be the equivalent of forty-three cents to you or me. And that $0.43 was at risk only if the company went completely bust and didn't survive the pandemic.

These greedy motherfuckers never miss a trick.

[Iggo]

34. Oh wow. I didn't know the numbers.

Now I really want her to go to jail.

[Celerity]

20. The even more detestable Doug Collins is going to crush her in the primary anyway

So her arse is out regardless. She does need to go to prison though.

[DarthDem]

23. +1

Interestingly, at this point I'm not sure which opponent will be easier for the Democrat to beat. The awful Mr. Collins or Sen. Loeffler. Nice problem to have, I suppose.

[DarthDem]

22. She's in my thoughts

When one accepts the job of a U.S. Senator, criticism sort of comes with the territory, so I'm sure sorry her feelings were hurt. But one is constrained to point out that one could avoid certain criticism by, say, not engaging in what sure looks like downright illegal activity.

[alittlelark]

51. .................and prayers.

[DBoon]

26. Charles Manson complains that headlines about Sharon Tate's murder are "hurtful"

[bronxiteforever]

27. Sad songs they say so much

[Gothmog]

28. Lock her up

[Chainfire]

29. Well,

that just breaks my heart.

[Sneederbunk]

30. All insider traders feel your pain.

[Iggo]

31. So is jail.

Count yourself lucky...so far.

[Cicada]

32. Both Loeffler and Pelosi said they have zero control over their stocks

They both said their shares are held in a trust controlled by a trustee who does not tell them in advance about sales and purchases. I suppose that’s possible. I certainly believe Pelosi since the only stock sold might profit from a pandemic. I would like to hear from Loeffler’s trustee about why those stocks were sold. But it doesn’t really matter. Loeffler will lose in the upcoming election to a Creepy Trump cultist congressman Doug Collins no matter what and Pelosi will continue to be loved.

[raccoon]

33. She must be the dotard's daughter, sure sounds like him. Nt

[Laelth]

35. I don't have a violin small enough for this crook.

This one will have to do.



-Laelth

[DinahMoeHum]

36. She's a "Charlie-Uncle-Nancy". . .you know the rest.

Oh, and BTW, she owns a piece of the WNBA Atlanta Dream franchise.

The WNBA should "grow a pair" and
1) confiscate her $$$ she used to buy a share of the team and
2) ban her from the WNBA, period.





#newrostrong

[rustysgurl]

37. Poor Widdle Baby

... she's having a sad because ... consequences.

If you don't want to do the time, then don't do the crime. Hope they RICO her ass

[muntrv]

38. The truth hurts Kelly.

[flibbitygiblets]

39. Typical republican, thinking of herself during a humanitarian crisis

She shouldn't be allowed to own stock at all, given her spouse's job.

No one in congress should, actually.

[TNNurse]

40. If you cannot take the criticism, resign and go count your money.

[JDC]

41. Lol. Just wait till she gets called by her prison number.

[Victor_c3]

42. So she's saying the claims are false, she didn't dump her stock before the crisis?

It’s not political if you straight-up broke the law and used your insider knowledge for profit.

How many Democrats sold off their holding before the crash? Why does it always seem republicans are the party with the most issues with morality and abiding by the law??

[bucolic_frolic]

43. A new investment strategy is hereby spawned

To trade like a Republican, think like a Republican. Think about what they might be up to, what they might be briefed on, read between the lines on international news, trends, headlines.

[keithbvadu2]

44. What specific headlines, Kelly?

[0rganism]

45. well that's very concerning, senator

i'm deeply disappointed
sending thoughts and prayers your way

[dchill]

46. If you can't stand the heat...

... get out of the politics.

[Wounded Bear]

48. I certainly hope so...

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

50. So, she says the media is the enemy of her portfolio.

political in nature, what a weird thing to say.

[Permanut]

52. If we'd known they'd be hurtful..

We wouldn't have published those headlines, because the last thing in the world we want is for your feelings to be hurt.

[FiveGoodMen]

56. God damn her

And until then, put her in supermax.

She was one of the group that knowingly let thousands die while she did some insider trading.

Charge her for every one of those deaths.

And I hope the whole fucking thing is alarmingly hurtful!

[turbinetree]

57. K&R +1

supermax.........................

[yellowcanine]

58. Here are some tiny violins for you Kelly.