"There's one thing that I can tell you about this: It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history," he said, according to a secret recording of the remarks obtained by NPR."It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic."
Hospital clinicians work on testing patients for the coronavirus at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., where the hospital has set up tents in a parking garage.Thirteen days before the State Department began to warn against travel to Europe, and 15 days before the Trump administration banned European travelers, Burr warned those in the room to reconsider.
"There will be, I'm sure, times that communities, probably some in North Carolina, have a transmission rate where they say, 'Let's close schools for two weeks. Everybody stay home,'"he said.
That was a selfish act on his part. Democrats are too smart to generalized it to all GOP. 🤔
Shame on his greed.
As a lifelong native, we should expect better. How would Barney and Andy feel about this? And if they were slow to get it, what about Aunt Bee and Opie... the girlfriends wouldnt be happy... surely Goober could figure this out. Not judging, be smarter than the goober crook.
RichardBurr RichardBurrResign
TheyKnew
Guys, please. Let's not mix things up. InsiderTrading is when someone 'inside' knows information that is not public yet and use it to his/her/they financial gain! We all new CoronavirusPandemic was coming.
NPR BROKE A STORY OF HOW OBAMA HAD SHARES IN GUN STOCKS. I BELIEVE NPR REPORTED THAT OBAMA SOLD THOSE SHARES AFTER TALKING ABOUT GUN CONTROL.. I THOUGHT I WAS BUGGING BUT HERE IS A REINFORCEMENT
What a jerk.
LOL? LOL? This mocking by political figures started with Trump.
Jail!!
hoax: 'It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle. It will disappear,' the president said then, before adding, 'it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We'll see what happens.'
So lol now translates? as quid pro quo mf? (cavetching)
Criminal
AviFlyGirl He’s GOP member so he knows he can lie and grift with impunity.
What an unimaginable ass hat
SenatorBurr SenatorLoeffler Resign!
Very naughty
Die you dog
LOCK HIM UP!!! LOCK HIM UP!!!
My family of 8 lost $13,000. If this man violated the law, then he should be punished. If he did nothing illegal then leave him alone.
ArrestHim
He should be in jail and all assets seized to help pay our national debt.
It's pretty obvious what's happening here and typically Corporate-politician behavior.
He was probably in on helping China make this virus that got away from them.
Isn’t how that woman who killed her kids responded when asked where her kids were?🤔
LOL? Scorn at being asked this question? Unbelievable.
This is easy. Burr said it was just a normal course of business. Ok. During other days, did he average 33 transactions with that amount of assets? I’m guessing no. Liar liar pants on fire you entitled sleeze bucket.
MPowersNorrell 🤔 only Richard Burr was caught selling off stocks?! Maybe I missed the tweets with the huge picture of Diane Feinstein you guys posted.
You forgot SenFeinstein and the other 2 Republicans. Oh that's right she and the other 2 don't matter.
He would have been the first in the lifeboat on the Titanic
The “Republican” Party will not recover from the past 3 1/2 years for a generation. It will have to reform itself and drive the grifters, partisan hackers and no-nothings out. Vote in November!
All Congress members should have to have their stocks and other investments in a blind trust. So many of them seem to be getting extremely wealthy while in office.
So that turned out to actually be their official comment?
he must resign.
Why aren't you highlighting Feinstein? Try to be fair, NPR. Don't let your bias be too obvious.
When things get bad anyone call their broker and say the four letter word...SELL
Lock him up — SenatorBurr
lol
EatTheRich
We do not have a Government, we have a Mafia .
So did Diane Feinstein and others. There are 4 being talked about but you bring up only the Republican?
And he is our employee. Fire this criminal.
Lots of politicians, smart investors and insiders did...deal with that crap later NPR! It isn’t going to help in the immediate future, concentrate on what is important right now.
No shit. Super contagious virus spreading like crazy… what idiot didn’t sell there stocks?
SenatorBurr
Their arrogance is appalling.
I’m sure he cleared the unethical trades with Barr first. No risk there!
LOL means loot over loyalty.
BurrMustResign
Alright come on, are you sure you don’t want to guillotine the rich? Not even for the sake of good old times?
He’s not the only one. They all need to be outed. Both sides of the aisle did this.
CherieAnne .SenatorBurr InsiderTrading is immoral if not illegal behavior, especially during a time of national crisis. 💰Follow The Money💰 DirtyDuo
He should resign or be recalled by his state! Disgraceful, but apparently that’s how he rolls.
MadelyneRants Setting aside potential insider trading concerns, Senator Burr and others had insider knowledge that COVIDー19 was very serious and yet let the POTUS and his flying monkeys repeatedly downplay it, misleading us and therefore resulting more of a catastrophe. Why SenatorBurr ?
Hey look I found the opposite of SheaSerrano
How do you spell corruption?
Lock him up!
It pays to be in the Know! Go ahead elect him again!
Well? Do something about it!!!!! Bring charges against the fucker!!!!
I considered selling a load of stocks too. It’s really a common practice to “lighten up” when P/E multiples get as high as 20. You must expect people will take profits.
He goin to jail
PRISON
All 4 should b fired and charged.
Remind me again, all you capitalist sycophants, why you think this is cool
He also ( I’m speculating) probably invested in companies that produce body bags.
Send him home!!
You mean Richard Burr's former spokesperson caitlinacarroll. lol.
So amazing how much money our leaders have and need to run for office. No wonder they are so out of touch.
The best government money can buy
Burr must step down.
Go to jail
Laughing in our faces because they know they can get away with it. We have become too complacent.
Asked by NPR for comment on the sales, his spokesperson replied: 'GOP.'
Smart person. Everybody knew virus in China is spreading, but not everybody acted.
Lol
I really do hope that there will be an investigation!!
He’s not the only politician who has done this. Sadly and wrongly I believe that they are protected... Let’s not forget these a-holes on Election Day asssumong they don’t die from COVID-19 or something far worse. Karma is a bitch Burr!
Insider trading deserves some prison time. And not everyone comes out smelling like Martha Stewart.
Lock him up.
The rich always stay rich while the great majority of citizens pay for it
Martha Stewart went to jail over $50,000 of insider trading. He’s being accused of 1.7 Million in insider trading. His attorneys response was lol. They should throw the book at this guy. Give him 30 years at least.
The Great Merge Purge is happening
There’s no sense to investigate, because Congress has loop holes in the laws or there rules, purposely, to allow escape routes.
Lock him up. Lol
Maybe Senators and Congressman can attract donors by sharing secret information with very wealthy donors like Burr did with the Tar Heel Society (? Or maybe this is just another example of corruption and a violation of their oath of office.
perhaps the public will now assume that Senator Burr sought his office and his membership and Chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee. Maybe all Senators and Congressman use their top secret information to make some money?
Why aren’t these fuckers in jail?
Bet nothing happens 2 him!!!
Put this motherfucker in jail so the people don’t need to have him drawn and quartered.
Martha Stewart went to jail so can they.
Martha Stewart would like to personally escort him to his cell now. 🚔
Name the spokesperson.
It is possible that the GOP can call a national emergency and call off the election this year?
Only in the US government you get a job to reply LOL for a legitimate question and still keep your job.
SenatorBurr only need voters to believe them just long enough for them to vote Republican. Other than that he doesn’t give a shit about what North Carolinians think.
Still waiting to see what the Senator did wrong
Cool glad he and his office are taking this so seriously and handling it with such dignity and professionalism
Isn’t it more corrupt and insane that the government doesn’t hold public meetings that we can all watch on tv if we choose?
Fuck these games send him to jail and he can 'lol' from there.
LOL his ass out of office
Tar. Feathers. You do the math
He and others in this administration are making money hand over fist, through corruption and blatant immorality. 45 has enabled enablers for the purpose of draining this country of its wealth. It’s highly probable that Burr will suffer no consequences whatsoever.
GOP is terminal.
They and Trump hid coronvirus .In order to get more money in the stock market.
lol may he do to jail
what’s funny is people are shocked and angry... 😂 this is America 🤷🏽♂️
He knew about the upcoming market downturn before it happened As did the others
I hope you rot in jail
Where is your story on Feinstein Ohhh she is a Democrat, partisan hacks
I find it funny how you aren’t reporting about the others who have done the same. But you keep re-reporting this story like you want more outrage to come from it. Your agenda is showing
3rd party controlled sale. He wasn’t even at those briefings 🤦♂️
He deserves prison, nothing less.
Probably not the only one. Schumer cited Feinstein and others. This needs to be probed and prosecuted if tied to information only they could have or otherwise shared.
Martha Stewart went to jail for this. Arrest this motherfucker and the rest of the motherfuckers who gamed the system.
Lock him up.
They all need to resign ASAP
I’ll being lol-ing when you get tossed in jail.
It's almost as if he knew something before others didn't and tried trading them in secret. But, no, that's immoral and illegal...he wouldn't do something like that. 😑
The Republican Party is a bunch of greedy cheaters
I cashed out my annuity in February. Anyone who gets their information from sources other than the MSM knew what was about to happen.
WTF
Spokesperson might be looking for another job.
Does NC have recall?
That’s how Republicans, who once claimed to be the party of personal responsibility, treat most ethical violations.
They, the GOP, have been in LOL mode since 2016. They take nothing serious apart from racism.
That qualifies as a “Let them eat cake” comment.
BurrResign
So did I. What’s your point?
“lol” is where we are with this?
Let me guess, some where in his defense he will apply the GOP/ Fox News formula of Patriotism, Christianity, and the topper - secure boarders/illegal immigration.
Maybe Burr should talk to Martha Stewart to find out what comes next 🤷🏻♂️
If Martha Stewart did time so should everyone else. This is InsiderTrading
Did Martha Stewart do something like this? She went to jail, eh ?
knitters4pete He needed to break it up into 33 transactions so it would go unnoticed. Busted. anyway.
What an azz
Why hasn’t anyone focused on Feinstein as much as they have Burr?
Apparently he watches CNBC a lot for stock tips, and any info from intelligence briefings have not helped in any capacity, only CNBC's Intel were ever used.
He should go to jail for insider trading cause he knew what was going to happen. And this proves that this was all planned. NEW WORLD ORDER.
We will LOL him right in to prison
Gee that's a coincidence. That's about when I decided to start stocking up for an upcoming catastrophe.
Are we just living in an episode of Veep at this point?
Basically, 'let them eat cake' mentality. Disgusting pos.
So the public pays taxes so that SenatorBurr’s spokesperson can behave like a teenager? This is how my hard earned tax dollars are spent? On top of the fact he broke the law w/insider trading; his spokesperson thinks it’s a joke?
Perhaps the spokesperson should be unemployed like so many other given the insensitivity
Resign, prosecute his butt
SO WHAT SIDE OF THE BRAIN DID SENATOR RICHARD BURR STORE THE INFORMATION FROM CNBC AND WHAT SIDE DID HE STORE THE INFORMATION FROM THE HEARING ON THE CORONAVIRUS THAT HE HEADED? ANOTHER FUCKING REPUBLICAN LIAR. LOCK HIM UP ALA MARTHA STEWART.
sarahmccammon Why he is how allowed to vote on the stimulus package that will affect millions of Americans? He abused the public trust. Families and small businesses are struggling, and this man will vote on our, the people's, legislation?
Guillotine!
Treason.
We pay them money to behave like this.
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