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Rhiannon12866

(204,789 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 01:12 AM Nov 2020

Richard Burr Furious That Senators Were Not Given Advance Notice to Buy Pfizer Stock

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, said on Monday he was furious that senators were given “no advance notice whatsoever” to buy stock in the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

After Pfizer’s stock price surged, following news of its promising coronavirus vaccine, a visibly irate Burr held an impromptu press conference to express his outrage at having been “totally blindsided.”

“When I ran for the United States Senate, I did so with the clear understanding that, if elected, I would receive stock tips of the highest possible value,” the senator said. “I feel like, today, that trust has been profoundly betrayed.”

Burr said there was “absolutely no excuse” for advance news of Pfizer’s vaccine trials being withheld from him.

“I know the excuses that I’m going to hear,” Burr said. “Yes, we’ve been distracted by the election. Yes, we’ve been distracted by the economic crisis. But, heavens to Betsy, this is my portfolio we’re talking about.”


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/richard-burr-furious-that-senators-were-not-given-advance-notice-to-buy-pfizer-stock




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Richard Burr Furious That Senators Were Not Given Advance Notice to Buy Pfizer Stock (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 OP
2 pigs in the trough dweller Nov 2020 #1
Ummm? TigressDem Nov 2020 #2
Andy Borowitz writes satire. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #3
OK - or the Onion. TigressDem Nov 2020 #4
I *knew* it!1 UTUSN Nov 2020 #5
Bravo. JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #6
😂😂 Duppers Nov 2020 #7
This is not funny it's very cruel. MasonDreams Nov 2020 #8
I agree, and that's why we need leadership Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #9
Burr voted to take away Healthcare from 32 million people. I'm more concerned about them tbh. OnDoutside Nov 2020 #10
Bwah! Blue Owl Nov 2020 #11

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
4. OK - or the Onion.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 01:35 AM
Nov 2020

Although the Onion kept having to rewrite articles for a bit, because no matter how far fetched something might be... it seems tRump actually WENT there from time to time.



MasonDreams

(756 posts)
8. This is not funny it's very cruel.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:02 AM
Nov 2020

We are humans, not cannibalistic reptiles like the Repukes. Feeding covid19 by playing "keep away" with PPE, grotesquely lying to the public, and ratfucking the CDC add up to crimes against humanity.

The insider trading just isn't funny while tens of millions are out of work, almost evicted, and soon to be very hungry. Serious crimes in serious times.

Rhiannon12866

(204,789 posts)
9. I agree, and that's why we need leadership
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:05 AM
Nov 2020

Not "new" leadership, since we've had none at all during this horrible and frightening pandemic, but leadership period.

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