Top House Democrats: McCarthy can’t ‘lecture’ on stock trading

Two top members of the House Democratic Caucus took a shot at Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy floating a ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks, a proposal that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has dismissed.

“We aren’t going to do is be lectured on this issue by someone coddled the twice-impeached president and has his own ethical — ethical issues, and the president has his own ethical issues related to disclosures,” Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Pete Aguilar, a California Democrat, said in a press conference on Wednesday. “But we’re going to be open to legislative solutions.”