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Dana Loesch Says America Functions Better When Working In Congress Is ‘A Horrible Job’

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Conservative commentator Dana Loesch said on Fox News Tuesday that public service in Congress was never intended to be a lucrative or desirable career, and she added that America functions better when it remains that way.

During an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Loesch said that the structure of the U.S. government was never meant to reward lifetime lawmakers. Loesch also pushed back on the outrage over politicians trading stocks, pointing out that the STOCK Act of 2012 doesn’t prohibit members of Congress from doing so — it merely requires disclosure.

“What people need to realize is that’s baked into the structure of government. Look, serving in your government should be a horrible job. It should be a burden on people. In fact, that’s how it was originally established,” Loesch told Watters.

Loesch said that serving in Congress should be a civic duty, not a career path.

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“People viewed it like jury duty, right? They didn’t have to do it. It’s a feature of the Republic. You’re going to do it. But you didn’t make a ton of money off of it. People went for these spots because it was a consequence of being successful in business,” Loesch said.

Loesch said political climbers enter public office straight out of college.

“Other Americans saw that these people were fit to lead. Now, people come straight out of college, without having any life experience, and they want to immediately shoot to the halls of D.C., where they stay like barnacles, forever. They never leave,” Loesch said.

Loesch also pushed back on bipartisan attempts to ban congressional stock trading, calling them unserious.

“The 2012 STOCK Act doesn’t criminalize them trading stocks. They just have to be honest about it and report it. You know, depending on the amount. But then, Jesse, getting so mad at Trump. Trump did the most innocuous thing ever when he got on social media and told people now’s the time to buy. That was fairly obvious to anybody with a pulse,” Loesch added.

Loesch defended Trump from insider trading accusations.

“He didn’t do even anything close to insider trading. But I’ll tell you there are lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, who go in there with a couple hundred thousand [dollars] in the bank. They walk out, Jesse, with 30 million dollars.” Loesch said.

Last week, Trump paused reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on all countries except China, which will now face a 125% tariff, as he announced Wednesday on Truth Social. Markets surged following the announcement, reversing earlier volatility sparked by Trump’s April 2 tariff rollout. Markets tumbled for several days after Trump’s initial “Liberation Day” announcement imposed reciprocal tariffs on about 60 countries.

(Featured Image Media Credit: Screenshot/Fox News)

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