Pelosi’s Husband Buys $2 Million Worth Of Tesla Stock As Democrats Call For More Green Energy Spending

Amid Democrats pushing for higher levels of green energy spending, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) bought 2,500 shares of Tesla stock, according to recent congressional filings.

Pelosi’s husband Paul purchased the shares last Thursday and the filings were published Monday. He paid $500 a share, or $2.18 million at time of purchase. Shares rose to $872 each by the end of that day. Since executing the trade, shares of the electric vehicle and clean energy company surged about 19%, reaching $1,036 at one point.

Pelosi and her husband, a multi-millionaire who runs a venture capital firm in San Francisco, purchased millions of dollars in call options after defending the right of congressmen to trade stocks, The Daily Wire reported. The lawmaker said in December 2021 that lawmakers “should be able to participate” in stock trading after Business Insider released a report finding that “57 members of Congress and at least 182” well-paid staffers filed stock trades late in 2020 and 2021.

After pushback on a bipartisan level, Pelosi changed her position months later on stock trading for members of Congress. Pelosi said she would not block a ban, noting, “We have to do something to deter something that we see as a problem, but it is a confidence issue, and if that’s what the members want to do, then that’s what we’ll do.” – READ MORE