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Justice matters.

(6,928 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 10:41 AM Aug 2022

MeidasTouch tweet about MTG whining...



Marjorie Taylor Greene says "it’s completely unfair" for the federal government to forgive loans.

This is Marjorie Taylor Greene's company.

@RepMTG had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

Loan forgiveness for me, not for thee.


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MeidasTouch tweet about MTG whining... (Original Post) Justice matters. Aug 2022 OP
MTG is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #1
True, but how many voters in her district will even hear about this blatantly hypocritical action? TheRickles Aug 2022 #4
They will hear but won't care. One of their own got a handout - that's ok with them. Probatim Aug 2022 #6
I'm sorry to say this but the real idiots in this case calimary Aug 2022 #9
Her opponent was literally run out of state... TNNurse Aug 2022 #16
How did she get that? Bayard Aug 2022 #2
I presume she applied for it gratuitous Aug 2022 #5
Then there's... What's $180+K compared to... Duppers Aug 2022 #14
Disgusting pieces of humanity marieo1 Aug 2022 #3
Tweet reply with the other GQPers that used PPP for wiping out loans iluvtennis Aug 2022 #7
$3 million? Wow. tishaLA Aug 2022 #18
Quelle surprise evolves Aug 2022 #8
Typical. Thanks for the bookmark! nt crickets Aug 2022 #10
Someone should take this a step further NQAS Aug 2022 #11
Absolutely PatSeg Aug 2022 #12
Plus it was a construction business, R Merm Aug 2022 #13
I remember seeing an OP I think BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #15
What a Pathetic person DENVERPOPS Aug 2022 #17
Hey Marjorie.... Blue Owl Aug 2022 #19

calimary

(81,220 posts)
9. I'm sorry to say this but the real idiots in this case
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:13 PM
Aug 2022

are the voters who somehow, incomprehensibly, saw fit to vote for her to go to Congress.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
16. Her opponent was literally run out of state...
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 01:00 PM
Aug 2022

harassed his personal life until his wife left him. She had no opponent in the general election.

She will this time...we can only hope.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. I presume she applied for it
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 11:53 AM
Aug 2022

The date of the loan is April 10, 2020, the first round of PPP loans. At that time, the Trump administration was just pushing money out the door, and the first folks to belly up to the trough were the connected ones, like members of Congress. There was a crisis going on, and small business owners had to have money, right friggin' now, so the applications weren't scrutinized very closely. So, this $180+K was supposed to go to payroll expenses, but nobody will ever know for sure where the money went. And since the loan has been forgiven, nobody will dig too deeply into the matter.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
14. Then there's... What's $180+K compared to...
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:53 PM
Aug 2022

...a pkg of cigarettes.

One forgiven, one murdered.

No words.



marieo1

(1,402 posts)
3. Disgusting pieces of humanity
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 11:51 AM
Aug 2022

MTG is a complete idiot or a horses behind. All she needs to do is open her mouth to prove it to all of us!!!

iluvtennis

(19,851 posts)
7. Tweet reply with the other GQPers that used PPP for wiping out loans
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:00 PM
Aug 2022



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Folks need to remember this when they vote on November 8th.

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
11. Someone should take this a step further
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:21 PM
Aug 2022

and verify the details in her PPP loan applications.

IOW: Were there 12 employees? Were those 12 employees working and paid during the pandemic? Was this a legitimate company, i.e., not formed solely for the purposes of skimming money from PPP. Etc.

PatSeg

(47,418 posts)
12. Absolutely
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:46 PM
Aug 2022

Anyone working for the government who took government loans should be investigated to eliminate any appearance of impropriety or fraud. I'm sure there would be a lot to discover.

R Merm

(405 posts)
13. Plus it was a construction business,
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:47 PM
Aug 2022

many construction companies continued working during the pandemic.

BumRushDaShow

(128,896 posts)
15. I remember seeing an OP I think
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 12:56 PM
Aug 2022

about her little business and a link, with pics. The below has a link to one article -




Marjorie Taylor Greene's PPP Loan
@taylor_ppp
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Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan
Watchdog group, along with Marjorie Taylor Greene's former GOP opponent, call on her to give the money back
1:35 PM · Jan 16, 2021


Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan


Igor Derysh
October 9, 2020


Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon conspiracy theorist and Republican candidate who is expected to win her House race in Georgia next month, donated $450,000 to her own campaign after receiving a six-figure Paycheck Protection Program loan from the government for her construction company.

Greene, who has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory and posted videos attacking Black people, Muslims and Jews, won the Republican primary in Georgia's 14th congressional district in August despite opposition from Republican leaders. She is almost certain to take over the seat now held by retiring Republican Rep. Tom Graves, especially after her Democratic opponent dropped out of the race last month in a district President Trump carried by 50 points. Trump has since praised Greene as a "future Republican star."

Greene's bid was partially funded by a super PAC allied with the House Freedom Caucus, which has opposed additional funding to provide coronavirus relief to Americans. Greene has opposed additional spending as well, declaring in a Facebook video that "the best stimulus for Americans is allowing Americans to go back to work!"

Despite her opposition to the stimulus funding and the PPP, her family's company, Taylor Commercial, received a six-figure PPP loan worth between $150,000 and $350,000 earlier this year. New York Magazine reported that her name had stopped appearing on the company's registration forms in 2012 but was added back in 2019.

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https://news.yahoo.com/self-funding-qanon-candidate-gave-100001521.html

DENVERPOPS

(8,814 posts)
17. What a Pathetic person
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 01:04 PM
Aug 2022

Obviously one who probably couldn't pass the high school GED.........

Recently she was saying the reason for no air-conditioning being available to people would be the switch to Solar power, I guess she never heard of batteries that Solar uses..........

Same when she, and others, have parroted about not being able to watch your TV after sunset if using Solar system....
And to all those who voted for her, you must be the most stupid people on earth, having voted for her, when she spouted this insanely pathetic shit...........

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