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.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

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

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        15 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.

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          Agreed. I’ve known some really wealthy people, some in my family, who were really good, kind, and generous people.

          She ain’t one.

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      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.

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      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.

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        Sounds like it’s universal advice for your goal qualities. I’ve been told multiple times by many different people to aim to be the least intelligent or skilled person in the room, so I can learn better.

        It’s sad that these people who aren’t desperate or in need just want money enough for wealth to be their most desired quality.