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The post claims Pelosi has been in office for 28 years, during which she earned $193,400 per year. That math adds up to about $5.4 million, according to the post, which goes on to claim that Pelosi’s net worth is $196,299,990

Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 — 34 years ago, not 28 — and the meme has the wrong current salary for the House speaker. A review of Pelosi’s most recent financial disclosure shows that it got her net worth wrong, as well.

Because Congress members are required only to disclose a range of values for their assets and liabilities, the Center for Responsive Politics provides a minimum and a maximum net worth for each member. It calculates an average of those two numbers to determine an estimated net worth.

While the meme uses Pelosi’s maximum net worth from 2010, the average is nearly half that: about $100 million.

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The Facebook user who shared the meme did not respond to a request for comment.

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The claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is worth more than $196 million while working on a $193,000 salary is FALSE. Financial disclosures show that Pelosi’s net worth isn’t close to $196 million, and the salary used in the post is wrong. Pelosi earns $223,500 a year as speaker and is worth about $106 million

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Oh OK cool so that means she's been in for congress approximately 400 years, because that's how long it would take to get a net worth of "only" $106 million at that level of salary.

    And libs roasted Bernie for having a normal ass tract home in VT, a condo in DC (literally needs somewhere to sleep at night when congress is in session) and a shack in the woods.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      She didn't get rich from her Congressional salary and no one is claiming that lol. Her husband is a venture capitalist and career finance guy, and she makes a lot of let's say "lucky" trades in the stock market.