The Federal Election Commission (FEC) fined Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene $12,000 (R-Ga.) for alleged illegal PAC fundraising, according to a recently-published conciliation agreement.
The FEC said Greene violated Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA), for “soliciting non-federal” funds by reposting an advertisement she appeared in on her official Greene for Congress social media accounts. The advertisement was for political action committee (PAC) “Stop Socialism Now PAC.”
The PAC posted the advertisement on its website, YouTube and social media feeds in December 2020. The video featured Greene speaking about the 2021 Senate runoff elections in her home state, which eventually resulted in the election of Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to their current seats, according to the conciliation agreement.
I like how she can’t even grift properly
So, peanuts.
Impossible for me- and maybe you but probably difficult for you if it isn’t impossible, peanuts for the ruling class. Because there is America for politicians, investors, tech bros and the idle rich and there is America for everyone else.
I would not include tech bros in that. Sure we can make a lot of money, but most tech bros are just making enough to have a mortgage on a condo in their city, or a house in the suburbs, which many other jobs can do.
I worked for a Mississippi company and made 50k out of college. I left in 2021 making $80k as a project manager and 4 years experience. Definitely nowhere near how much Magic the Gathering is making from her investment. Even now, I am making more, but $12k is still a crippling amount of money.
I’m talking people like Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg, not a project manager.
I’m sure her wrist is smarting.
Daily reminder you live in an oligarchy masquerading as a democracy.
Just like most corporate crimes, attacking democracy is a financial overhead that’s a fraction of the profits from the crime — a fine that would cripple most of the population, but is a rounding error to the 1% or corporate-backed politician.
It’s nice to think she’s stupid, but remember: Hanlon’s Razor is inverted when money is involved. She’s not stupid, she knows what she’s doing; what she’s doing is successfully grifting rightwingers, consequences be damned
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) fined Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene $12,000 (R-Ga.) for alleged illegal PAC fundraising, according to a recently-published conciliation agreement.
The PAC posted the advertisement on its website, YouTube and social media feeds in December 2020.
In the video, Greene attempted to raise money for the PAC’s efforts to keep Ossoff and Warnock from winning the seats.
The FEC accepted the agreement in early December, and Greene had 30 days after it became “effective” to comply with it.
Earlier this week, a Florida resort canceled an event with her that would’ve occurred on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
“Please be advised that Westgate was not made aware of the purpose of this event when we were approached to host a book signing,” the resort said in an emailed statement.
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I recently learned she has three kids. Can you imagine growing up in that house?