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Summary

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asked her MAGA followers to send money to her 22-year-old son via Venmo to "buy him a beer."

Critics slammed the request as a "grift," noting her estimated $21.93 million net worth.

Social media users across the spectrum questioned why a wealthy congresswoman would solicit money for her adult son.

After the uproar, Greene deleted the post. The incident followed reports that she made significant Treasury trades before Trump’s tariff announcement, prompting further scrutiny over her financial conduct.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 290 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

The fact that marjorie taylor greene has $21M should make you enraged in and of itself.

[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 78 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

She was a millionaire trust fund child before she entered politics.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 35 points 8 hours ago

Maybe she’s born with it.

Maybe it’s guillotine.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 hours ago

Thanks. That answers some questions I had before I could post them.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 36 points 10 hours ago

Another useless Nepo-baby.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Some might say it helped contribute to her extreme detachment from humanity and her overwhelming senses of entitlement, greed, and paranoia. I'm not saying all trust funders are nepo babies, but all nepo babies are trust funders.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 84 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

yes, yes that does in fact piss me right off.

Unfortunately she is merely one in a very long list of complete shitheads with wealth/power they don't deserve, and I can't be angry at that many people all the time. There aren't enough hours in the day.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago (3 children)
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 10 points 10 hours ago

Oh, yeah, we've all got a list.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 6 points 11 hours ago

what, don't you keep track of these things somehow? I'm supposed to remember all the rich/powerful assholes in the world deserving of loathing, with just my memory? I can barely remember what I had for dinner last Tuesday.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 12 points 10 hours ago

People like HitlerPig, and this BattleToad, were born on 3rd base and think they hit a triple.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

All her money and she’s still got a bleached blonde butch body

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Bleach blond, BAD BUILT, butch body. Ftfy

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 11 hours ago

One of the lessons they tech in wannabe school is always be the poorest person in the room.

Ronald Reagan was a middle level actor when he got tapped to be a spokesman for General Electric. He started hanging out with the big shots and flattered them. In return, he got cut in on deals that made him wealthy.