On Thursday, it was reported that Georgia’s appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler had sold between $1.3 to $3.1 million worth in stocks the same day she sat in on a closed-door Senate briefing on the novel Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus.
On Feb. 14, Loeffler — whose husband is the chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange — made 27 sales of her stocks, while purchasing multiple work-from-home companies, including Oracle and Citrix.
She wrote, “Appreciate today’s briefing from the President’s top health officials on the novel coronavirus outbreak” after the meeting on Twitter.
“Democrats have dangerously and intentionally misled the American people on #Coronavirus readiness,” she tweeted in late February. “Here’s the truth: @realDonaldTrump & his administration are doing a great job working to keep Americans healthy & safe.”
The freshman senator didn’t make any market moves before the meeting since taking office on Jan. 6, the Daily Beast reported. Loeffler’s Senate colleagues Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in the sale of stock following the private Senate briefing.
Loeffler is currently running for election to the Senate, with pro-Trump Rep. Doug Collins also running for the seat vacated by Sen. Johnny Isakson.
Collins responded to the news on Twitter, writing, “People are losing their jobs, their businesses, their retirements, and even their lives and Kelly Loeffler is profiting off their pain? I’m sickened just thinking about it.”