Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is launching a digital advertising takeover Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader website to remind readers that stock trading Congressman Rob Bresnahan (R-08) became a poster representing the swamp that Trump – the winner of this district – promised to drain.
The digital ads that will run on the Times-Leader’s website the day of Trump’s visit read: “Donald Trump campaigned on draining the swamp. Stock trader Rob Bresnahan is part of the problem.”
“Congressman Rob Bresnahan has become exactly the kind of corrupt Washington politician that candidate Donald Trump warned against as he campaigned to drain the swamp,” a DCCC spokesman said I mean, cousin. “Bresnahan promised to ban congressional stock trading, but instead he has become one of the worst offenders – pursuing his own profits while doing nothing to reduce costs for the hardworking people of northeastern Pennsylvania. If you want to drain the swamp, firing Bresnahan is a good start.”
Bresnahan has drawn the ire of both Democrats and Republicans for his continued stock trading since taking office in the U.S. House of Representatives in January.
35-year-old first-year representative made 636 transactions in the calendar year 2025 Totaling more than $7.72 million, according to the Capitol Trades website.
An NBC News report last month found that a NEPA representative sold $130,000 worth of stock in four companies that oversee about 50 percent of all Medicaid managed care organizations just a week before the vote to cut Medicaid funding.
Bresnahan continues to take the position that he does not instruct his financial advisor to buy, sell or hold securities in his advisory or managed account. Advisory or managed accounts are typically used by clients who pay an ongoing lively management fee instead of a commission on each trade. The advisor or his team has the freedom to trade securities/mutual funds without having to ask in advance.
Before selling shares of the four companies, Bresnahan introduced legislation prohibiting trading in congressional stock (H.R. 3182) and announced that he was transferring his shares to a blind trust.
In a statement to NBC News, Bresnahan said that overall, the blind trust process is “not fit for today’s realities” and called for allowing members with uncomplicated individual 401(k)-style investments to convert those assets into exchange-traded funds or mutual funds.
“My goal is simple: real transparency, real accountability and rules that actually make sense.”
