Take Georgia’s own Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s under the microscope again — this time for conveniently scooping up tens of thousands in stocks from little mom-and-pop outfits like Apple, Amazon, FedEx, and Nike.
She bought “the dip” just before Trump announced a tariff pause that sent the markets into orbit.
Coincidence? Sure. And I’ve got beachfront property in Kansas to sell you.
The timeline’s almost poetic. April 2: Trump rants about slapping tariffs on everything that moves.
Markets tank. April 8–9: Greene goes on a shopping spree.
April 9: Trump jumps on TruthSocial to yell, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!”
Hours later, he pulls a 180 and suspends the tariffs.
And wouldn’t you know it? The market takes off like a rocket strapped to a Red Bull.
When asked, Greene says her financial advisor has “full discretionary authority.” Uh-huh. Just like every corrupt politician’s imaginary friend.
Look, Greene isn’t breaking new ground here. She's just playing an old tune in the Washington jukebox. You know the one — it’s called “Enrich Thyself While Rome Burns.”
Never let a crisis go to waste — am I right?
The worst-kept secret in D.C. is that Congress isn’t where you go to serve your country. It’s where you go to serve yourself. Indeed, I spent a whole chapter documenting this trend in my wildly underrated 2023 book, Filthy Rich Politicians.
In case you haven’t gotten around to it (or in case you’ve forgotten) here is a very short modern history:
In 2008, as the financial system was bleeding out on the floor, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson held a closed-door emergency meeting with lawmakers.
Their first move wasn’t to craft a rescue plan — it was to dump their stocks and buy shares in companies about to get bailed out.
The economy was circling the drain, but hey, someone's 401(k) was gonna look fantastic.
Then, in 2009, while the rest of the country was busy screaming at each other over health care reform, members of Congress were quietly doing what they do best: making money off the chaos.
During the debate over Obamacare, lawmakers weren’t just voting on the bill — they were trading health care stocks like they had a crystal ball and no conscience.
The public found out years later, thanks to author Peter Schweizer and a 60 Minutes segment.
That led to the 2012 STOCK Act, which Congress passed with all the enthusiasm of a cat at bath time. And guess what? It didn’t change squat. It just gave them something to wave around when they needed a PR win.
Fast forward to 2020, and COVID-19 is looming. Sen. Richard Burr gets classified briefings about the seriousness of the virus, but the American public is still being told that it would simply “disappear.”
A week before the market nosedives, Burr dumps up to $1.7 million in stock in one day. One day! (Coincidentally, Burr’s brother-in-law also sold off between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock on the very same day.)
That’s not an investment strategy — that’s a panic sale with a cheat code.
The FBI took Burr’s phone, but surprise! No charges. Because when you make the rules, you don’t break them — you revise them.
This kind of behavior isn’t just sleazy — it’s bipartisan.
Fast forward to 2022, and when Russia invaded Ukraine, at least a dozen members of Congress saw dollar signs.
Energy stocks, defense contractors — you name it, they bought it. While the public saw war, they saw a hot tip.
Even Jesse Watters from Fox News, not exactly Mr. Integrity, had to call it what it was: a cash grab. And you know it’s bad when Jesse Watters is the voice of reason.
And Greene? She didn’t even pretend to be subtle. She tweeted, “War and rumors of war is incredibly profitable.”
Then — oh look! — turns out she bought stock in a defense company and two energy firms two days before Russia rolled into Ukraine.
And again, her magical financial advisor takes the fall. You’d think this mystery money wizard would be the richest man in America by now.
You want to know why conspiracy theories thrive?
Why people think COVID was a cash grab or that Ukraine aid is just one giant ATM for corrupt elites?
Because Congress keeps acting like cartoon villains and expecting a standing ovation.
So yeah, let’s ban congressional stock trading, altogether.
Not because it’ll save democracy. Not because it’ll restore ethics to public service. But because we’re all out of reasons not to.
The clown show’s been running too long, and frankly, it’s getting old."
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| Source:Matt Lewis with a look at U.S. Representative Marjorie T. Greene (MAGA, Georgia) |
From Matt Lewis
There's this nasty rumor going around (that The New Democrat has nothing to do with in spreading) that U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, isn't as stupid and crazy as popular opinion and all the available, objective evidence suggests that she is. That her escaped mental patient, who struggles just to spell her own name, and tie her own shoes together correctly, instead of tying them together... that's just an act to try to show her fellow MAGA colleagues that she's not just whacked out of her mind as they are, but she could make them look sane and perhaps even intelligent.
And talk about acting: MAGA portrays themselves as the populists who wake up everyday (when they're not hungover) and get up to fight for the "real Americans" and to "drain the swamp". I mean what's more populist, than insider trading and becoming a millionaire while in Congress, instead of accomplishing that before you get to Congress? (LOL) Which is how most members of Congress obtain millions: They inherit it, (which is the old fashion way) or earn it before they get elected to the U.S. House or Senate.
Getting rich and becoming millionaires while you are "earning your living" from taxpayers is nothing new:
Then U.S. Senator Lyndon Johnson bought his ranch in 1951. LBJ died in 1973 worth over 100 million dollars in today's money. The man was a son of a teacher and Texas State Representative.
U.S. Senator Albert Gore SR. (Albert Gore JR's father) became a millionaire when he was in Congress as well. And I'm sure there are plenty of other examples like that.
It's just that members of Congress tend not to claim to be "champions of real Americans", while making millions of dollars for themselves and in some cases at taxpayers expense, like voting against legislation that could benefit a lot of people, simply because an insider told them they would get a lot of money if they voted no. Which is what makes Representative Taylor Greene's inside trading story, very ironic.
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