Socialist ‘Squad’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) routinely rails about congressional colleagues trading stocks — yet nearly one in four of her progressive comrades in Congress are wolves of Wall Street, a Post analysis found.
As many as 24 of the lawmakers in the Congressional Progressive Caucus have enviable portfolios, annual disclosures filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives show.
The top trader, Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), one of the caucus’ vice-chairs, brought in a staggering 106% return on his stock portfolio in 2024, surpassing the 71% return of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — whose trading is so infamous a proposed bill to curb Congressional trading was called the Pelosi Act . And it’s more than four times the S&P 500’s return for the year of 25%. 6
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