Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump Was Elected to 'Stop Socialism' — Now He's 'Bribing Americans to Vote' With $5,000 Payments
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused President Trump of 'bribing' voters with a promised $5,000 payment contingent on Republican midterm wins, calling it a socialist scheme that adds $1.35 trillion to the debt. She argued this contradicts Trump's pledges to stop socialism and reduce national debt, which has reached $40.39 trillion. While Trump claims Democratic policies raise taxes, X notes unfulfilled fiscal promises. Critics warn the payments could become a major federal expenditure.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused President Donald Trump on Monday of “bribing” American voters through his promised $5,000 payments, a plan that she said goes against the debt reduction and anti-socialism pledges he was elected on.
Calls Trump Dividend a Socialist Scheme
In a post on X, Greene said that the payments, which hinge on a Republican win, is a socialist scheme that would add $1.35 trillion to the debt.
“Americans voted for Trump to stop socialism, reduce the debt, and end corruption, among a few other things.”
The national debt has climbed to $40.39 trillion, up from $36.2 trillion at the start of Trump’s second term in January 2025.
Americans voted for Trump to stop socialism, reduce the debt, and end corruption among a few other things.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) October 12, 2026
And Trump is bribing Americans to vote, with a socialists scheme claiming he will give them $5K each, only if Republicans win, which will add $1.35 trillion to the debt. https://t.co/3PVbe8ocFk
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Trump Ties Payments to Midterm Win
Greene’s post was in response to a video in which Trump reiterated to voters that he would give all adult citizens $5,000, saying Democratic policies “won’t allow this to happen” and would instead “raise your taxes.”
Trump first promised the dividend at a Republican convention in Dallas last month.
On Trump’s video, X’s community notes feature pointed out two unmaterialized fiscal pledges by Trump, such as his earlier calls for a $5,000 ‘DOGE dividend’ and a $2,000 ‘tariff rebate.’
However, the administration has not released a funding plan, though Vice President JD Vance has suggested the benefit could draw on tariff revenue and might exclude wealthy Americans.
Investor Peter Schiff said on Sunday that if the dividend payments were to be enacted, they would become the third-largest federal expenditure, with interest on the debt rising to number one.
Trump Promises to Defeat Socialism
In a government-funded advertisement that began airing in September, Trump promised to defeat “communism, socialism, and Marxism in America.”
Robert Wolf, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama called Trump “the most powerful socialist in the country today."
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said last week that Trump will be responsible for 42% of all national debt when he leaves office, while investor Jason Calacanis projected in July more than $9 trillion in additional borrowing during Trump’s second term.
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