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First, it was Democrats who made a big deal out of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s stock trading habits. Now, a fellow Republican is joining in.
“Just another reason why stock trading by members of Congress or their spouses should be banned,” Rep. Mike Lawler of New York wrote on X in response to a post showing that one of the Georgia congresswoman’s recent stock purchases had paid off.
Lawler, who does not own any individual stocks, is a co-sponsor of the TRUST in Congress Act, a bill to require lawmakers and their spouses to divest from stocks or place them in a blind trust.
Just another reason why stock trading by members of Congress or their spouses should be banned.The appearance of impropriety, or worse, is too great. https://t.co/H8a7Zlv9sU
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) May 15, 2025
Greene has attracted scrutiny in recent weeks for a series of well-timed trades she made around President Donald Trump’s tariff moves in early April.
When stock prices began to fall after the April 2 “Liberation Day” announcement, Greene began investing tens of thousands of dollars into a variety of stocks, continuing to do so right up until stock prices shot back up after Trump announced that most of those tariffs would be paused for 90 days.
The congresswoman has said that her stock portfolio is managed by an outside financial advisor.
“All of my investments are reported with full transparency. I refuse to hide my stock trades in a blind trust like many others do,” the congressman said in a statement previously shared with BI. “Since my portfolio manager makes my trades for me, I usually find out about them when the media asks.”
She’s not the only lawmaker who bought the dip: Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida did as well.
But Democrats have suggested that Greene, a close Trump ally, may have been aware of Trump’s tariff moves ahead of time. The congresswoman has denied that.
Lawler’s post came on the heels of a feud between the two lawmakers that began on Wednesday, when Greene denounced the New York congressman for opposing Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” over a tax provision.
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