Marjorie Taylor Greene’s spending problem

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Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) represents Georgiaโ€™s 14th congressional district despite not living there – sheโ€™s a resident of GA-06, which doesnโ€™t even abut GA-14. She ran in GA-14 because the race was less crowded, and she ultimately won by default since she ran unopposed in the general election last November. The district Greene represents is one of Georgiaโ€™s poorest, and she ran on a populist platform and showed herself to be a devotee of QAnon and The Former Guy. Now it seems that Greene is using her campaign to finance her expensive culinary tastes and to pay for membership at a Republicans-only club where lobbyists exert their influence on the GOP.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reminds us that Greene ran for office on the premise of โ€œpeople over politicians,โ€ financing her campaign mostly with small-dollar donations from across the country. Greeneโ€™s salary is a big waste of taxpayer money, and sheโ€™s a frivolous spender of money from her donors. Having been stripped of committee assignments in the House of Representatives, it seems sheโ€™s turned to the lobbyist crowd in order to have some semblance of relevance. Greene has little influence in the House, but it appears sheโ€™s still trying to hobnob with highfalutin lobbyists.

Greeneโ€™s spending of campaign funds includes membership at the GOP-only Capitol Hill Club, expensive meals at Capital Grille, and pricey eats at the Washington, D.C. hotel which bears the name of the previous president. Itโ€™s unlikely Greeneโ€™s supporters care much that she already seems to have forgotten her โ€œpeople over politiciansโ€ pledge, as theyโ€™re more interested in her support of white supremacy and politicized evangelicalism. Greene has only been in office a few weeks, but sheโ€™s wasted no time in getting to work on wasting her donorsโ€™ dollars.

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