Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks hit hard by Trump tariffs during the market meltdown

NEW YORK (AP) — Give Marjorie Taylor Greene recognition wherever it’s due: As stocks tanked connected tariff fears, she showed her religion successful the president not conscionable with words but dollar bills.

The Republican congresswoman, an avid protagonist of the Trump administration's commercialized policies, not lone bought stocks past week arsenic others dumped them successful a panic — she scooped up immoderate of the biggest losers.

Lululemon, Dell Computer, Amazon, the genitor of Restoration Hardware and a fewer others deed hard by Trump's tariff threats were down 40% connected mean precocious past week erstwhile she pounced.

Data from a required three-page fiscal holdings papers doesn't disclose precisely however overmuch she paid for the stocks, lone ranges and dates.

But nevertheless overmuch she spent, immoderate of her bets are moving retired truthful far, astatine slightest arsenic of Wednesday's close.

RH, formerly called Restoration Hardware, is Greene’s wide winner. It jumped much than a 3rd since since Friday's adjacent erstwhile she bought it aft a stunning illness successful terms that shook adjacent the caput of the furnishings retailer.

“Oh, sh…!,” said RH CEO Gary Friedman successful a league telephone past week arsenic the banal plunged.

Dell has jumped 9% since Greene bought the banal past week aft it had mislaid much than fractional its value.

Lawmakers from some large parties person projected bills banning members from banal trading due to the fact that of the evident struggle of involvement successful owning shares of companies they tin heavy power with positions they tin instrumentality successful office.

But nary of the clunkily named bills -- The Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust successful Congress Act, for lawsuit -- has been passed. A caller bill, The End Congressional Stock Trading Act, was projected past month.

Greene's bureau has not responded to Associated Press requests for comment.

The MAGA protagonist has been outspoken successful her enactment of Trump’s tariffs.

“Tariffs are a almighty proven root of leverage to support our nationalist interests,” she posted connected X earlier this year, adding “We volition triumph this commercialized war.”

Investors are not wholly convinced.

After surging connected Wednesday erstwhile Trump called a partial halt to the import taxes, stocks were heading down again Thursday.