Its comical how bad cnn is, this was complete lie but late night comedians like seth myers start making jokes and the lies and fake news get out there. If Cnn is correct than tom price shouldnt be in hearings for a cabinet seat, he should be prosecuted!
Ellen L. Carmichael @ellencarmichael
CNN says that @RepTomPrice introduced legislation after purchasing stock. This is demonstrably false. Work on this began in 2015! (5/x)
@RepTomPrice has a Morgan Stanley brokered-directed stock portfolio. He is not personally engaged in trades made on his behalf. (2/x)
Tom Price is absolutely not engaged in the management of his portfolio.
And even if he was, the timeline doesn't match CNN's claims.
Ellen L. Carmichael @ellencarmichael
Purchase on his behalf occurred 3/17/16. Dear Colleague letter in opposition to CMS provision sent 9/21/15. CNN's timeline is WRONG. (6/x)
This is journalistic malpractice. Timeline is wrong. Price doesn't have any direct control over his portfolio. Entire thing is a lie. (7/x)
Ellen L. Carmichael @ellencarmichael
As someone who worked for Dr. Price, I'm physically sickened by this dishonest narrative about a man as far from corrupt as you can be (8/x)
Ellen L. Carmichael @ellencarmichael
I get "this is politics," but to watch media so happily carry water for Dems who have said he's the only nominee they'll oppose.
"Just to be clear, Schumer is accusing Price of corruption. Of criminality. Yet none of the initial trades were questionable in the way that thousands of other trades made by politicians aren’t questionable. Unless every elected Democrat is questionable who’s ever invested or taken money from General Electric, the pharmaceutical industry, the health-care industry, trail lawyers, unions, the auto industry, any green-energy company, or any sector that has benefits from taxpayer bailouts, subsidies, laws or cronyism.
By this standard, nearly everyone on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is a crook.
That includes Sheldon Whitehouse, who owns stock in major insurance companies that have benefited from Obamacare, like Aetna, United Healthcare, Anthem, Celgene, and Merck. Whitehouse has a direct interest in preserving laws that undermine competition. That goes for 1 percenter Elizabeth Warren, who is invested in banks and mutual funds that trade health care and pharmaceutical stock. It certainly means Tim Kaine, who is invested in all kinds of companies his vote affects, including the health-care sector. The same goes for Michael Bennet.
How many Democrats had stock in American auto companies when the bailout was passed? Many. Or in banks that were saved? How many are invested in green energy that is propped up by the taxpayer subsidies they vote on? How many politicians are suspiciously good at picking stocks? Many."
FAKE NEWS: CNN Reports Tom Price Bought Health Care Stock, Then Enriched Himself. Nope. | Daily Wire
This is the original article.
First on CNN: Trump's cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it - CNNPolitics.com
By Manu Raju, Senior Political Reporter for CNN
First on CNN: Trump's Cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it
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