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Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Made An Outrageous Claim That’s So Wild, People Had To Shut Her Down

She is ridiculous.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got her start in politics on the back of deranged conspiracy theories, up to and including QAnon, and the idea that a laser beam from space, controlled by the Jewish Rothschild banking dynasty, had been responsible for California wildfires in 2018.

Now, following Hurricane Helene, Greene has gone back to the conspiracy well, with one of those posts that makes one check to make sure it wasn’t by a parody account.

“Yes, they can control the weather,” Greene posted to X on Thursday night. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Greene represents Georgia, which is among the states affected by the hurricane.

Greene did not clarify who “they” are, what technology is being used to manipulate the weather, or who might be motivated to cause a major weather event, weeks before a presidential election.

There were, needless to say, quite a few responses. They were led by journalist Mike Rothschild, who isunrelated to the banking family,  although he did write a book about conspiracy theories, called Jewish Space Lasers.

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As with many conspiracy theories, including Greene’s in the past, “they” was implied to mean Jews. And it was noted that the tweet was sent during the Jewish high holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

Ever since Hurricane Helene made landfall, many on the right, up to and including Donald Trump, have been pushing a fabricated narrative that the Biden-Harris Administration had neglected to provide any aide to those affected, and that the media was “ignoring” the news of the hurricane and its devastation. Neither claim was true, but leave it to Marjorie Taylor Greene to go even further, and imply that “they” are responsible for creating and controlling the storm in the first place, for unknown reasons.

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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