President Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for forging ahead with his proposed ban on congressional stock trading, accusing the senator of enabling Democrats to target him.
President Trump lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Wednesday for forging ahead with his proposed ban on congressional stock trading, accusing the senator of enabling Democrats to target him.
Hawley’s Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in an 8–7 vote, with the Missouri Republican joining all Democrats.
“Very much like SABOTAGE! The Democrats, because of our tremendous ACHIEVEMENTS and SUCCESS, have been trying to ‘Target’ me for a long period of time, and they’re using Josh Hawley, who I got elected TWICE, as a pawn to help them,” Trump groused on Truth Social.
“I don’t think real Republicans want to see their President, who has had unprecedented success, TARGETED, because of the ‘whims’ of a second-tier Senator named Josh Hawley!”
Hawley chafed with Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a key Trump ally during the committee’s hearing earlier in the day Wednesday.
“This idea that we are going to attack people because they make money is absolutely wrong,” Scott, the wealthiest member of the Senate, argued during the hearing.
