House Speaker Mike Johnson sympathizes with Congress members trading stocks, saying, “At least let them engage in some stock trading so they can take care of their family.”

So people do go into government to make money.

"Hey, Mike, Boo.Hoo. We search our bodies for a sympathetic bone. And find none."--Americans https://t.co/yWxMTRRIGN

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