Public Anger at Insider Trades: Republicans Blame Democrats to Stoke Anti-Elite Fury

Republican accounts claim Democratic lawmakers killed a stock-trading ban, presenting themselves as the only side willing to police corruption. The posts reduce a complex legislative fight to a populist morality play—‘we protect you, they protect themselves’—to inflame resentment toward political opponents and position the GOP as the voice of ‘the people’ against greedy elites.