GOP Senators ‘Dumped Stocks’ After Private Meeting On Coronavirus Impact

As Senate Intel Chair Richard Burr was privately warning about the dangers of coronavirus, he was offloading between $500k and $1.5M in stocks that plummeted in value weeks later https://t.co/NXDqNd0Q1m

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 19, 2020

SCOOP: NC’s GOP Senator Richard Burr told the public he was confident the govt can fight off COVID-19 the same time he & his wife sold up to ~$1.5 million stock in major corporations that ended up losing most of their value during the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/JsXkaxb2Pw pic.twitter.com/lMnnbBfoNZ

— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) March 19, 2020

Soon after he offered public assurances that the government was ready to battle the coronavirus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr (@SenatorBurr) sold off a significant percentage of his stocks. https://t.co/IDPxpzbPSn pic.twitter.com/15brjTUxzY

— ProPublica (@propublica) March 20, 2020

NEW — Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefinghttps://t.co/qxKbzHXC2k

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 20, 2020

One other data point: Loeffler had not made a single stock transaction during the three weeks she served in office prior to this one. This was her first. The day she got the coronavirus briefing. https://t.co/71ZojVAfaS

— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 20, 2020

Loeffler also purchased between $100,000 and $250,000 in Citrix, which offers popular teleworking software and has actually seen a slight bump in its stock price https://t.co/euaTv2JtIL

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 20, 2020

It gets worse – she was tweeting this even as she was unloading her stocks https://t.co/3oFEd9ZHw3

— NorCalDawg (@cal_dawg) March 20, 2020

Also remember: Sen. Kelly Loeffler was endorsed by Nikki Haley. https://t.co/XzQsw5PEVd

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 20, 2020