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| Marjorie Taylor Greene ran against the swamp. Then she got rich in it |
| 2025-08-01 |
| [AmericanThinker] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican representing Georgia, built her brand by claiming to fight for forgotten Americans. She stormed into Congress on the promise of taking down the elites and draining the swamp. But when you follow the money, a very different story unfolds. It looks a lot more like Wall Street self-enrichment than service to Main Street conservatives. In 2021, Greene entered Congress with an estimated net worth of $700,000. By April 2025, her net worth had ballooned to $22 million, driven largely by stock market investments that consistently outperformed even seasoned Lower Manhattan pros. That kind of rapid financial ascent raises red flags. After all, the average congressional salary is $174,000. Yet Greene somehow turned her time in public office into a personal fortune. This wasn’t by launching a business, but by making remarkably well-timed trades. She’s claimed not to handle her own investments, but the numbers and timing suggest a different reality. In 2021, Greene bought shares in corporate behemoths like Visa and Walmart. These are companies she publicly criticized for promoting progressive causes. Her public statements painted these firms as enemies of conservative values, but her private trades told a different story. Those investments paid off handsomely. By 2023, Greene’s portfolio was outperforming that of many of her congressional peers, earning returns of 18.6%. This level of success doesn’t align with the image of a grassroots outsider who supposedly shuns the elite’s ways. Fast forward to 2025, and the pattern has only grown more striking. She moved into Treasury notes as market uncertainty spiked — classic defensive positioning. Then, in April, she made purchases in Apple, Amazon, and NVIDIA just days before Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were paused. This pumping of the breaks triggered an epic market rally. Greene also purchased Lululemon and Dell, reaping significant gains after the tariff freeze, with some stocks jumping over 30%. Her ability to repeatedly "buy the dip" with such precision undermines the notion of dumb luck and erodes her anti-establishment credibility. Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene 07/28/2025 Army Officer fired from Pentagon job for antisemism Marjorie Taylor Greene 07/22/2025 ‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ocasio-Cortez’s NY office Marjorie Taylor Greene 07/18/2025 Former VOA employee indicted over threats to Congresswoman Greene |
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