Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, calling CEO Elon Musk "probably the best person to bet on" he had ever met.
  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    19 days ago

    This is most probably illegal, even in the US. But, oh well, it’s just Wednesday in naziland.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      19 days ago

      It’s almost certainly a huge ethics violation. And it’s disgusting. The gop doesn’t even pretend to have integrity anymore.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      The Democrats are going to have to wave those little round signs extra hard.

      And then vote for the bill that makes this legal.

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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        19 days ago

        Illegal is only illegal if someone is willing to prosecute it. Who pray tell is going to charge the Secretary of Commerce?

          • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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            19 days ago

            Okay, got it. I’m a bit confused though about how that changes my statement around the fact he won’t be charged.

            • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              19 days ago

              I think they meant it just as a “he’s even more slimey then you think!” not an indication of if they’d be charged or not.