Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t holding back after being called out over her finances, and the Georgia congresswoman is clearly not in the mood for subtlety. On Sunday, the MAGA firebrand went on the offensive after renewed chatter about her net worth, which Benzinga reported in June had jumped from about $700,000 to an eye-popping $21 million since she took office in 2021.
When an X user asked how she could rack up that kind of money on a $174,000 congressional salary, Greene fired back, “You can go to hell.” “I’m fed up with the outright slander and lies about me,” she wrote. “I’ve owned my family’s construction business for well over two decades and made all of my net worth BEFORE I became a Member of Congress in 2021, and all of my Public financial disclosures show this.”
She doubled down, saying, “My hard-earned wealth, that I am thankful and proud of, HAS NOT in any way come from politics!!! As a matter of fact I made a hell of a lot more money and my life was WAY EASIER before I entered public life.”
Still, Greene’s trading record as a member of Congress has raised eyebrows across the aisle. She’s reportedly made hundreds of stock trades since taking office, including some that seemed perfectly timed. One notable move came in April, when she bought shares in Palantir Technologies just three days before ICE awarded the company a $30 million contract.
Since then, Greene’s stake has soared 142 percent, according to Quiver Quantitative. That same month, The New York Times reported that Greene scooped up tens of thousands in stock from major firms as markets tanked over fears of a global trade war. Hours later, then-President Donald Trump announced a tariff pause, triggering one of the biggest single-day market rallies in years.
The trades drew fire from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who told MSNBC, “So many of these people are crooks, liars, and frauds, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is, of course, Exhibit A. We are seeing corruption unfold before us in real time.”
Even fellow Republicans aren’t defending her here. Rep. Mike Lawler posted on X, “Just another reason why stock trading by members of Congress or their spouses should be banned. The appearance of impropriety, or worse, is too great.”
Greene insists she’s not the one picking the trades. “My publicly disclosed portfolio is diversely invested through a financial manager with whom I’ve signed a fiduciary contract,” she said. She also claimed the backlash is politically motivated, linking it to her criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Meanwhile, a new push to ban congressional stock trading is gaining momentum. A bill is moving through the Senate — one Greene herself once mocked by telling a 2024 town hall crowd to “check [Nancy Pelosi] out” for “some great stock tips.”
The irony? Trump, who often blasts Pelosi over her husband’s investments, has gone after the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Josh Hawley, accusing him of playing into Democrats’ hands. If the measure passes, it wouldn’t kick in until after Trump’s term ends.