Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) torched Polymarket, a Donald Trump Jr. backed prediction market platform, on Friday for briefly allowing bettors to put their money on the fate of one of the two American pilots shot down over Iran.
“They could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member. And people are betting on whether or not they’ll be saved,” Moulton said on X. “This is DISGUSTING.”
One crew member of the F-15 aircraft was rescued in a risky search operation inside Iran as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Another search-and-rescue operation is still ongoing for the second crew member, whose status is currently unknown at the time of writing.
The Fars News Agency in Iran reported a reward being offered for the capture of an “enemy pilot or pilots.”
In the wake of the plane being shot down, bettors on Polymarket — where users can put their money on almost everything news-related from pop culture to politics — were able to place wagers on when the pilot would be rescued.
