Marjorie Taylor Greene ran against the swamp. Then she got rich in it

[mystery-ak]

July 31, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene ran against the swamp. Then she got rich in it
By Joseph Ford Cotto

 

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.

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[mountaineer]

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.

Fairly commonplace investments. Mr. M and I have a bit of Walmart stock ourselves, and it's done well.

I'd be more interested in whether she used insider knowledge, a la Pelosi, to gain wealth.

[LMAO]

This is what Bernie Sanders does

Rails  against Wall Street and the rich oligarchs, but make sure that he himself gets rich off of them on the side

People fall for it

It seems going to Congress is the best investment strategy to create wealth in the shortest  amount of time

[mountaineer]

It seems going to Congress is the best investment strategy to create wealth in the shortest  amount of time

Yes, it's quite amazing. They have to find a place to live in D.C. and support their families back home on a congressman's salary, and yet there's plenty of money left for investments. Aren't they clever? 

[Right_in_Virginia]

This may help explain the new interest in MTG's finances:

Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Randy Fine’s ‘starve away’ statement about Gaza
Florida Politics, Jul 29, 2025

'A Jewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful.'

A rift has formed in President Donald Trump’s MAGA coalition over comments a Florida Congressman made about ongoing conditions in Gaza.

In the wake of Rep. Randy Fine saying “starve away” in response to a news report about malnutrition in Gaza, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has put the first-term legislator from Florida’s 6th Congressional District on blast.

Taylor Greene said Monday she “can only imagine how Florida’s 6th district feels now that their Representative, that they were told to vote for, openly calls for starving innocent people and children.”

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza. But a Jewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful. His awful statement will actually cause more antisemitism,” the Georgia Republican said.


More:  https://floridapolitics.com/archives/749241-marjorie-taylor-greene-rips-randy-fines-starve-away-statement-about-gaza/

[LMAO]

I don’t believe the framers meant for people to go to Congress in order to get rich

[LMAO]

Yes, it's quite amazing. They have to find a place to live in D.C. and support their families back home on a congressman's salary, and yet there's plenty of money left for investments. Aren't they clever? 

If she didn’t go to Congress, I can guarantee you that her wealth wouldn’t have gone from 700,000 to 22 million in 4 years

[BobfromWB]

MTG, candidate for being primaried.

[Timber Rattler]

She's no better than Pelosi then.

[Free Vulcan]

She's no better than Pelosi then.

Exactly, and that's the first thing the Rats will point out.

[mountaineer]

She's no better than Pelosi then.

She and countless others, irrespective of political party.

[Polly Ticks]

She and countless others, irrespective of political party.

Yep. And it all smells the same.

[cato potatoe]

This may help explain the new interest in MTG's finances:

Correct - and the author lacked the discipline to make it through his article without bringing up Gaza. 

[massadvj]

I'll just say what I used to tell my business students:

It is not your fault that you live in the most absurd times in the history of the human race. But it is your fault if you don't capitalize on it.

Translated, it means that you might wish that things were a certain way, and you might even be vocal about how you wish things were. But what you wish and how things actually are, are two different things. Your first duty is to yourself, which means you must deal with the world as it actually is.

So you tell me MTG made money off the swamp? I say good for her. She did not make the rules, she took advantage of the rules that she found herself in. And so long as she did not break any laws, I say more power to her.

 

[rustynail]

Biden eyes.

[Smokin Joe]

I'll just say what I used to tell my business students:

It is not your fault that you live in the most absurd times in the history of the human race. But it is your fault if you don't capitalize on it.

Translated, it means that you might wish that things were a certain way, and you might even be vocal about how you wish things were. But what you wish and how things actually are, are two different things. Your first duty is to yourself, which means you must deal with the world as it actually is.

So you tell me MTG made money off the swamp? I say good for her. She did not make the rules, she took advantage of the rules that she found herself in. And so long as she did not break any laws, I say more power to her.

 

Frankly, I agree. Besides 22 million is squat compared to the bartender who couldn't afford an apartment when she got to DC, and is worth about 4 times that now.

I have even considered trying to find a way to track Pelosi's investments and follow them to enhance my meager portfolio. Even being a day or two behind could still lead to steady gains.

[BobfromWB]

Biden eyes.

And an eyesore ... one could go blind staring at that image ...

[Cyber Liberty]

She's making the case for term limits.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I personally don't have a problem with Congress people holding shares, but IMO, they should be forced to register as insiders and their trades should be public. Just buy along with them if you want gains...

[berdie]

I'll just say what I used to tell my business students:

It is not your fault that you live in the most absurd times in the history of the human race. But it is your fault if you don't capitalize on it.

Translated, it means that you might wish that things were a certain way, and you might even be vocal about how you wish things were. But what you wish and how things actually are, are two different things. Your first duty is to yourself, which means you must deal with the world as it actually is.

So you tell me MTG made money off the swamp? I say good for her. She did not make the rules, she took advantage of the rules that she found herself in. And so long as she did not break any laws, I say more power to her.

 

I agree. If she broke no laws...