‘Are You a Second-Tier Senator?’ Jesse Watters Asks Senate Republican About Trump’s Insult
Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) why President Donald Trump called him “second-tier” on Wednesday after the president laid into Hawley on social media.
Trump lashed out at Hawley in a Truth Social post after the senator sponsored a bill to ban stock trading in Congress.
“I wonder why Hawley would pass a Bill that Nancy Pelosi is in absolute love with — He is playing right into the dirty hands of the Democrats,” wrote Trump. “It’s a great Bill for her, and her ‘husband,’ but so bad for our Country! I don’t think real Republicans want to see their President, who has had unprecedented success, TARGETED, because of the ‘whims’ of a second-tier Senator named Josh Hawley!”
During an interview with Hawley on Jesse Watters Primetime, host Jesse Watters asked, “Are you a second-tier senator?”
“Well, that’s not the worst thing that’s been said about me even today,” replied Hawley. “So listen, I had a good chat with the president earlier this evening and he reiterated to me he wants to see a ban on stock trading by people like Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress, which is what we passed today.”
He continued, “I think it’s absolutely vital we put a stop to this. Pelosi shouldn’t just be investigated, she should be prosecuted, and we need to make what she is doing and other members of Congress are doing illegal. I mean, you shouldn’t be able to go up to Congress and get rich by trading on information that only you have and not members of the public. Right now, lots of members of Congress are getting by with it. We need to make the whole thing illegal.”
Watters questioned, “When you spoke to the president, did he explain why he called you second-tier?”
“Well, I think that the president– a number of people who are opposed to banning stock trading had said to the president that he would be covered by the bill and he’d have to sell Mar-a-Lago and sell assets,” said Hawley. “Not the case at all. The president and the vice president and all their assets are totally exempted.”
He concluded, “The point of this bill is to ban members of Congress from trading on the information that only they have. I’ve supported this bill for years, Jesse. We call it the Pelosi Act. It is named for her because she is the poster child for this kind of behavior. It ought to be illegal and it ought to be prosecutable.”
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