# Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene MUST GO
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895 "2021-01-31T00:44:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2045 "2025-11-23T00:12:31Z")
Her last day is linked to the day she can get her pension, our way of thanking her for a job well done /s
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### Author:  [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2046 "2025-11-23T01:13:06Z")
> [@JoePockets](#):
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> MTG’s net worth is about 25 million maybe she decided that is plenty!
Whoa, really? How the hell did she amass that?
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2047 "2025-11-23T01:22:19Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#):
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> How the hell did she amass that?
This article breaks it down somewhat.
> **[How Rich Is Marjorie Taylor Greene?](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-marjorie-taylor-greene-123013554.html)**
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> Since joining Congress in 2021, Greene's net worth has skyrocketed, jumping from around $700,000 to as much as $25 million.
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### Author:  [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2048 "2025-11-23T01:26:05Z")
Interesting. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2049 "2025-11-23T02:17:31Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Her last day is linked to the day she can get her pension
I’d have to see a cite for that. She’s only 51, and will only have been in Congress five years on January 3rd 2026. AIUI, being eligible for a pension after only five years requires a minimum age of 62 years. At MTG’s age, she would need to serve for at least 20 years.
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2050 "2025-11-23T02:29:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> She’s only 51, and will only have been in Congress five years on January 3rd 2026.
Right, she is indeed “vested” on that date, but not eligible.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2051 "2025-11-23T02:31:53Z")
You are both right. Her pension vests two days before she retires, but she can’t collect until she is 62.
> **[Greene resigns | What does that mean for her federal retirement benefits?](https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/22/greene-resigns-what-does-that-mean-her-federal-retirement-benefits/)**
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> Outgoing Georgia congresswoman still entitled to a deferred federal retirement annuity.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2052 "2025-11-23T02:37:23Z")
Well, if she indeed accumulated 20 mil while in Congress, it would seem chicken shit to plan her exit around her paltry pension, rather than exit when it might make some kind of impact.
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2053 "2025-11-23T02:48:57Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> It doesn’t sound like Green has seriously been representing their interests and working to solve problems.
Thanks, that’s the biggest laugh I’ve had for days (that anyone would actually think she might be doing those things). She has been screaming in your face for her entire tenure, and nothing that ever came out of her mouth had anything to do with representing her constituency. As for solving problems, sorry, I can’t stop laughing.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2054 "2025-11-23T02:51:48Z")
I’ve tried to ignore Green as much as possible.
Her resignation popped in my news feed. It was so unexpected that I started reading more about her.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2055 "2025-11-23T04:27:44Z")
General Spoiler: It’s going to get weird. Not good weird.
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### Author:  [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2056 "2025-11-23T12:52:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> You are both right. Her pension vests two days before she retires, but she can’t collect until she is 62.
Also, as she’ll be vested but only served 5 years, her pension will be something like $8,500 per year.
Not nothing, but I can’t see it being a main reason.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2057 "2025-11-23T13:26:09Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Well, if she indeed accumulated 20 mil while in Congress, it would seem chicken shit to plan her exit around her paltry pension, rather than exit when it might make some kind of impact.
While I agree it’s unlikely that her vesting pension is probably not her main motive for leaving Congress at this particular point in time, I have no trouble believing that the pension vesting is a factor. Wealthy people are notoriously greedy and cheap. Republicans are known for trying to steal everything that’s not nailed down.
But while that’s probably the reason she left this week and not last week, it’s almost certainly not the whole story of why she’s not choosing to stay longer and run for reelection.
I think it’s probably as simple as GA repubs looking at the off-year election results this year, realizing they’re facing some serious headwinds, and having a pointed conversation with Marginal Marge about how she really needs to find something else to do in 2026. Maybe they gave her the idea of running as a dark-horse against Ossoff next year, maybe they even told her she’s a presidential contender in 2028 if she plays ball. She’s dumb enough to believe it.
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2058 "2025-11-23T13:59:23Z")
> [@DWMarch](#):
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> But it’s hard to outrun even a slow train when you are tied to the tracks.
That’s… beautiful.
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### Author:  [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2059 "2025-11-23T21:49:24Z")
> [@Atamasama](#):
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> This article breaks it down somewhat.
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> [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-marjorie-taylor-greene-123013554.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-marjorie-taylor-greene-123013554.html)
And we wonder why Congress consistently gets ultra-low approval ratings in polls. The perception of corruption is indelible.
Of course they could change that (via new laws) IF they wanted to.
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> This is a good point:
(A post noting that “Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.”)
This really is superb, and should be cited to all the right-wing talking heads (e.g. CNN’s Scott Jennings) each time they bust out with the “radical left is the most dangerous force in America” bullshit.
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### Author:  [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2060 "2025-11-23T22:40:21Z")
Somewhere in Alaska, Sarah Palin is snickering like Muttley.
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### Author:  [@Meatwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatwater)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2061 "2025-11-24T00:33:30Z")
> [@Dissonance](#):
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> One can only hope that she doesn’t find a future as a talking head on a right-wing news channel.
Or even worse, a future in podcasting.
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### Author:  [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2062 "2025-11-24T10:04:15Z")
> [@wguy123](#):
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> but what is a Tommy Gun wedding?
More than I managed when I consumated my marriage, perhaps?
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### Author:  [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2063 "2025-11-24T10:12:35Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#):
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> Still a bit of a space case
This witticism needs more love.
And lasers.
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### Author:  [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/2064 "2025-11-24T22:57:32Z")
> [@Meatwater](#):
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> Or even worse, a future in podcasting.
I would make a substantial bet that this is exactly what she’s planning.
Since Rush Limbaugh died and Alex Jones imploded, there hasn’t been a dominant figure in right-wing media. (Sure, Joe Rogan is big, but he’s not exclusively political, nor does he bill himself as the Voice of the Right.)
I think Marge sees herself as filling that vacancy. She’s already a huge earner among members of Congress–she knows the triggers that get donors to open their checkbooks. She’d monetize a podcast (or such) efficiently.
And it would keep her in the news, which is essential for future political ventures (Governor of Georgia first, perhaps).
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