Rep. Greene’s fundraising haul alarms detractors, who warn she represents a dangerous side of American politics Marianna Sotomayor
Replay Video UP NEXT During her first three months in office, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has declared herself representative of the Republican Party’s base of voters and not a fringe member of the GOP as she faced a torrent of criticism over her extremist positions, which have been denounced as falsehoods and racist. Now the Georgia Republican has the fundraising numbers to help make her case. Greene announced earlier this week that she raised a staggering $3.2 million during the first quarter of the year with more than 100,000 individual donations. Her campaign team adds that 98 percent of the donations were under $200.
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That s a lot of Greene.
Firebrand Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she raised $3.2 million from over 100,000 donors during the first quarter of the year, January through the end of March.
The number is a stunningly large haul for any House member during the first quarter of a nonelection year, let alone for a freshman member who has been embroiled in controversy and stripped of her committee assignments over her past support for conspiracy theories and other bombastic statements.
For comparison, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a similarly outspoken and famous member on the other side of the ideological spectrum, raised $726,000 during her first three months in Congress in 2019. Republican Minority Whip Steve Scalise, the top fundraiser in the House last cycle, raised $2.5 million for his campaign committee during the first quarter of 2019. Greene exceeded the haul of Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is reportedly