Florida Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson has talked a big game in the past about taking on Wall Street “greed” and political conflicts of interest:
I'll stand with @SenWarren & @SenSherrodBrown in the Senate to take on Wall Street. This is a fight we can win. pic.twitter.com/Vol14X5tSu
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) July 26, 2015
Committed to stamping out corporate greed wherever I find it. pic.twitter.com/TwPZoBwERb
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) July 19, 2014
House Republicans help Wall Street shills to hide their conflicts of interest. http://t.co/BiknHvWtvd
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) December 29, 2013
"Greedy Old Psychopaths" http://t.co/vfxOu2o8MZ
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) April 21, 2014
57 years ago today was a bad day for the Tea Party, the Koch Bros., Fox News, inequality, greed and war; I was born.
— Rep. Alan Grayson (@AlanGrayson) March 13, 2015
Now look at this:
A member of Congress has an unusual second job: hedge fund manager. @ericliptonnyt https://t.co/6EvynOK0o8 pic.twitter.com/NcbTCkPtcY
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 11, 2016
According to a New York Times report, Grayson’s anti-greed rantings may have been a bit of projection:
The hedge fund manager boasted that he had traveled to “every country” in the world, studying overseas stock markets as he fine-tuned an investment strategy to capitalize on global companies’ suffering because of economic or political turmoil.
But the fund manager had an even more distinctive credential to showcase in his marketing material in June 2013: He was a “U.S. congressman,” Representative Alan Grayson, Democrat of Florida, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Now he is also among the leading Democratic candidates for one of Florida’s United States Senate seats.
The whole story is here.
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Grayson’s involvement with the hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands.
lord, Alan Grayson https://t.co/Xds5UTZ3lJ
— Justin Elliott (@JustinElliott) February 11, 2016
Always thought this guy was a little slippery https://t.co/cpEmWkgqdg
— Michael Enz (@enz_mike) February 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/697830067758563329
Alan Grayson: U.S. Congressman and Wall Street critic by day, manager of a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund by night https://t.co/uAOq6JXUx7
— Callie Cox (@callieabost) February 11, 2016
Rep. Alan Grayson has been running a hedge fund with $16M in assets and that had operations in the Cayman Islands: https://t.co/gxecA3pTAF
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) February 11, 2016
So Alan Grayson's been running a hedge fund this whole time? https://t.co/4YIN3NBz2n
That's, um, surprising.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/IvanTheK/status/697833943329042432
"at times interfered with his duties as a US lawmaker" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhttps://t.co/LAM7lg0C9W
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 11, 2016
"Mr. Corleone's work as Capo di tutti Capo at times interfered with his olive oil import business"https://t.co/LAM7lg0C9W
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 11, 2016
Alan Grayson’s Double Life: Congressman and Hedge Fund Manager> hypocrisy of libs n progressives know no bounds! https://t.co/kD0LaqvaLN
— ronnie benjamin (@RonnieBenjamin) February 11, 2016
Who… who would invest in a hedge fund run by Alan Grayson?https://t.co/MwMkzKIbjz
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) February 11, 2016
Excellent question.
And just imagine what Grayson would be saying if this were reported about a Republican:
Grayson hedge fund's marketing materials said best time to buy is when there's "blood in the streets" https://t.co/tieKOS6HdY #FLSen
— Daily Kos Elections (@DKElections) February 11, 2016
@lachlan Told investor to profit off of places where there was "Blood in the streets" .
Those oppo ads are gonna sting.
— Whistlin' Dixie (@Shugababysmydog) February 11, 2016
No wonder so many members of Grayson’s staff have been jumping ship.
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