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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 02:28 PM Jun 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Husband Invested in Companies That Support BLM and LGBTQ rights!

She hasn’t done much in the way of helping to get legislation passed that helps American families. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has made her presence in Washington D.C. known for being an outspoken critic of the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBTQ+ rights. And now, in an interesting turn of events, it looks like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s husband is putting his money where her mouth is, investing in companies that support those movements that his wife has passionately criticized.

According to Business Insider, Perry Greene, the Georgia Rep’s husband, purchased nearly $295,000 worth of stock in companies that support the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBTQ+ rights. Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble Company are among the companies that Perry Greene purchased stock in on June 10, according to a disclosure document MTG filed with the U.S. House of Representatives on June 20. Executives from all of the companies have publicly come out in support of key social justice movements. “Black lives matter. They matter to us inside of Nestlé and they matter to us outside of Nestlé,” read a message from its executive leadership team.

In April of 2021, Greene got some serious heat for a tweet where she called Black Lives Matter “the strongest terrorist threat in our county.” And just this month, she called for an end to Pride Month, alleging that the month intended to recognize the impact of the LGBTQ community will end up causing a shortage of straight people. “Probably in about four or five generations, no one will be straight anymore,” Greene said. “Everyone will be either gay or trans or nonconforming or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different options there are.”

For her part, Greene says she does not control the companies included in her investment portfolio. “I have an independent investment advisor that has full discretionary authority on my accounts. I do not direct any trades,” she told Business Insider.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wing-agitator-marjorie-taylor-greenes-151519703.html

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's Husband Invested in Companies That Support BLM and LGBTQ rights! (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
hmm i wonder if it's a kellyanne/George Conway situation drray23 Jun 2022 #1
My guess would be the latter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 #3
Well, she nonhuman so..... LakeArenal Jun 2022 #2
Someone is married to her? Wow! I guess there really leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #4
Oh my, that is priceless! PatSeg Jun 2022 #5
Yeah, that list of companies does not show any sort of targeting towards progressive companies ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #6
They need to stop investing ..LOL LeftInTX Jun 2022 #10
Maybe he's retaliating against her Google Search entries of extra marital thingies?!1 UTUSN Jun 2022 #7
I'm more shocked to find out she has a husband. What on earth must he be like to have Vinca Jun 2022 #8
yes they have. 3 of them. IcyPeas Jun 2022 #9
I saw the headline and thought "Really? Genuinely progressive companies?" IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #11

drray23

(7,616 posts)
1. hmm i wonder if it's a kellyanne/George Conway situation
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 02:31 PM
Jun 2022

or her husband is a rwinger as well and just saw an opportunity to make money

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. Yeah, that list of companies does not show any sort of targeting towards progressive companies ...
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 02:36 PM
Jun 2022

"Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble"

All staunch defenders of minority rights

They're just huge corporations that do a little bit of lip service to social causes.

Not saying they're all horrible, but if that's the author's best illustration, the premise is faulty, IMHO.

LeftInTX

(25,140 posts)
10. They need to stop investing ..LOL
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 06:43 PM
Jun 2022

And hide their money under a mattress

I think this is good s___ to spread around.

Better than the Lauren Boebert stuff...LOL

Their base will believe this crap. They're that dumb.

Vinca

(50,237 posts)
8. I'm more shocked to find out she has a husband. What on earth must he be like to have
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 03:26 PM
Jun 2022

hooked up with that? Please . . . tell me they haven't produced offspring.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
11. I saw the headline and thought "Really? Genuinely progressive companies?"
Wed Jun 22, 2022, 07:42 PM
Jun 2022

Nope. Not the case at all. Just the usual suspects - companies that talk a big game about equality and human rights while working to deny them behind the scenes. P&G, Nestle, Home Despot, UPShit and the like are sure good at hiring people of color or gay people to be in commercials, and giving us rainbow logos and "We support BLM" while trying to convince us to do business with them. Once their 30 second "feel good" spots are done, they're right back to writing checks to right-wing politicians - like Perry Gangreene's wife.

Sure, I imagine the empty corporate words from these "fine" corporations is too much for Mrs. Gangreene. I'm sure if she had her way, Home Despot would be running ads, encouraging people to buy hammers there so they can attack LGBTQ's with them. But no, these people are not our friends. And Perry Gangreene is no George Conway.

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