Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Now Adding Lasers to Her Hurricane Helene Conspiracy
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The MAGA congresswoman’s post comes as FEMA finds itself fighting against fake information about the disaster.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20607081

Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to double down on her Hurricane Helene conspiracy theory over the weekend, following up a baseless claim that “they” can control the weather with an assertion that such a scheme might involve lasers.

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  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    28·
    29 days ago

    What is it with the USA putting either batshit crazy people or people so fucking old they can’t form a single sentence in power?? She’s the one saying “they control the weather” btw.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      29 days ago

      Pobody’s nerfect. She’s more of a smokescreen for others in her party so they can keep on doing shady shit while she makes headlines with a pants-on-head-stupid quote of the day (plus a hint of dogwhistle to harvest outrage clicks).

      • leisesprecher@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        28 days ago

        But she was elected directly by actual people, wasn’t she? It’s not like she was put in an office by her party alone, people voted for her - as far as I remember even after the Jewish space laser incident.

        And that’s fucking scary. I don’t think the smoke screen theory is wrong, but it seems more like a collateral benefit. People in the US are stupid, brainwashed or insane enough to elect a person like her into a position of power.

    • Anivia@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      I dont think she actually believes in those conspiracy theories, she just hopes her followers believe her

    • SelfProgrammed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      29 days ago

      I used to think that was the best approach too, but idiots like her, boebert, and trump need to live under a microscope before their crazy ideas are acted on.

  • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    13·
    29 days ago

    Okay but “they” can control the weather?

    It’s called “climate change” aka “global warming” (or as MTG would call it, “fake science”). It’s not very precise, but “bigger hurricanes” was definitely one of the expected results.

    Also “they” is of course pretty much everyone, but mostly capitalists (aka liberals). And conservatives (“conservative liberals?”) like MTG are the most to blame (at least in the US).