“Mr. Kean’s office did not respond to a request for comment”
SOMERVILLE, NJ — In case you missed it, Congressman Tom Kean Jr. was featured in a New York Times article about members of Congress who have continued to trade stocks and betray the trust of voters.
“Congressman Tom Kean Jr. has spent the past four years trading stocks while voting to drive prices up for all of us. My husband and I already divested all of our individual stocks because I want New Jerseyans to know that I practice like I preach and will always put our district first,” said Rebecca Bennett.
Let’s not forget: Tom Kean Jr. first ran on a promise to bring ‘the highest levels of ethics and transparency’ to Washington. Instead, he’s become one of the most prolific stock traders in Congress — even trading stocks while missing months of work.
READ MORE: The New York Times: Stock Trading by Lawmakers Becomes a Campaign Attack Line
- Democrats and Republicans alike are seeking to weaponize incumbents’ trades, particularly those where they can show the appearance of a conflict of interest, and putting them at the forefront of ads and campaign attacks in the country’s most competitive districts. It is a way to portray their opponents as corrupt and out of touch with the financial realities of working-class Americans.
- In Northern New Jersey’s competitive Seventh Congressional District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has been targeting Representative Thomas H. Kean Jr. for continuing to trade stocks while missing more than 100 votes during an extended absence for what he later said was treatment for depression. Mr. Kean’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
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