Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted on social media Thursday night that unnamed people are capable of controlling the weather.
What You Need To Know
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted on social media Thursday night that unnamed people are capable of controlling the weather
- “Yes they can control the weather,” Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done"
- Greene’s post did not clarify who “they” are or what she was implying
- But in another X post earlier Thursday, Greene posted a map of the southeastern U.S. with the message: “This is a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election"
“Yes they can control the weather,” Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”
Greene’s post did not clarify who “they” are or what she was implying. Her office has not responded to an email from Spectrum News seeking comment.
But in another X post earlier Thursday, Greene posted a map of the southeastern U.S. with the message: “This is a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election.”
Greene represents the 14th congressional district in Georgia, one of several states devastated by Hurricane Helene last week. The death toll from the storm surpassed 200 on Thursday.
Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wasn’t helping Republican-leaning areas impacted by the hurricane. Trump also said Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp was unable to get in touch with President Joe Biden about storm response, a claim Kemp denied.
Greene has a history of promoting baseless conspiracy theories. She has supported QAnon, a conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump is fighting a secret war against a Democratic-run ring of Satan-worshiping pedophiles.
She also suggested in a 2018 Facebook post that a California wildfire may have been caused by lasers shot from space solar generators in a scheme hatched by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, the Rothschild & Co. investment firm and others in order to build a high-speed rail project. The Rothschild family is a frequent subject of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Greene also has called the Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Sandy Hook school shootings “false flag” planned events.
In February 2021, a month into her first term, the Democratic-led House voted to strip her of her committee assignments over her endorsement on social media of violence against Democratic lawmakers and conspiracy theories.
On the House floor just before the vote, Greene said she regretted believing misinformation and said her past comments “do not represent me.” She returned to committees when Republicans regained control of the House in 2023.
One commenter on Greene’s post about controlling the weather argued she was right, pointing to an article about cloud seeding. That decades-old process uses planes and ground-based cannon to shoot particles into storm clouds that attract moisture, creating additional snow or rainfall in areas experiencing drought.
Researchers are divided on how effective the method is, and meteorologists say there’s no evidence it has caused flooding.