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

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.

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