If Tom Price is corrupt, so is nearly every Democrat

Just to be clear, Schumer is accusing Price of corruption. Of criminality. Yet none of the initial trades were questionable in the way that thousands of other trades made by politicians aren’t questionable. Unless every elected Democrat is questionable who’s ever invested or taken money from General Electric, the pharmaceutical industry, the health-care industry, trail lawyers, unions, the auto industry, any green-energy company, or any sector that has benefits from taxpayer bailouts, subsidies, laws or cronyism.

By this standard, nearly everyone on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is a crook.

That includes Sheldon Whitehouse, who owns stock in major insurance companies that have benefited from Obamacare, like Aetna, United Healthcare, Anthem, Celgene, and Merck. Whitehouse has a direct interest in preserving laws that undermine competition. That goes for 1 percenter Elizabeth Warren, who is invested in banks and mutual funds that trade health care and pharmaceutical stock. It certainly means Tim Kaine, who is invested in all kinds of companies his vote affects, including the health-care sector. The same goes for Michael Bennet.

How many Democrats had stock in American auto companies when the bailout was passed? Many. Or in banks that were saved? How many are invested in green energy that is propped up by the taxpayer subsidies they vote on? How many politicians are suspiciously good at picking stocks? Many.