AOC Openly Admits Democrats in Congress Are Doing Insider Trading: ‘It’s So Crazy’

Ocasio-Cortez: “There need to be Democrats who walk the walk and talk the talk. There is an insane amount of hypocrisy. And the hypocrisy is what gets exploited to use the cynicism. And wherever there’s a hypocritical window, for example, I think one of the most biggest examples of this is insider trading in Congress. Like —“

STEWART: “Dude, I — I don’t know. Like, I don’t know if I, like, do I give snaps? Do I — I don’t know what the kids do anymore, but like, dude —“

Ocasio-Cortez: “It’s —“

STEWART: “Yes!”

Ocasio-Cortez: “It is, like —“

STEWART: “That’s so crazy!”

Ocasio-Cortez: “It’s so crazy.”

STEWART: “It’s crazy!”

Ocasio-Cortez: “It’s crazy. I mean, like, that’s the — and this is the thing. It’s like, like people think that everyday people are stupid. I’m like, do you all really think that people don’t see this s*it? Like —“

STEWART: “They sit on a committee, they get information about a drug or a contract or a thing. They immediately make a call. The stockbroker changes things and their portfolio swells.”

Ocasio-Cortez: “Explodes. It explodes.”

STEWART: “What are we doing?”

Ocasio-Cortez: “And you’re doing this on public trust.”

STEWART: “Right.”

Ocasio-Cortez: “On, like, taxpayer finance, public, you know, facilities. Like, of course —“

STEWART: “You’re regulating the market that you’re trading on.”

Ocasio-Cortez: “Exactly.”

STEWART: “You run the casino.”

Ocasio-Cortez: “And then we’re supposed to act like money doesn’t — only corrupts Republicans. Give me a fuc*ing break.”