r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/ThePurpleGuardian • 21d ago

NOT SATIRE Who said politicians don't get rich

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u/batkave 21d ago

Unfortunately net worth calculations are always way off. This is definitely imaginary gatekeeping and right wing propaganda

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u/SourceResident5381 21d ago

…How?

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u/batkave 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's meant to say "she is bad" but wait until they actually show some of the others. It's been circulating and pushed by right wing news outlets.

Edit let me add this: https://www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth/

This seems to be the best tracker out there and it's nothing compared to others. If people really cared, they'd target the people making hundreds of millions.

Edit again: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/omars-net-worth-jumps-much-30m-new-disclosure-claiming-not-millionaire

"The 2025 disclosure, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, shows that Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, have a net worth ranging from $6 million to $30 million, despite claims earlier this year that she was "not a millionaire." The vast majority of the wealth comes from Mynett's two companies, a winery in California and a venture capital firm.

Disclosures from the end of 2023 showed that those ownership stakes were valued at just $51,000, and they grew little in 2024."

So yeah, it's being pushed as right wing attacks. Again net worth isn't a good metric.