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    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest conspiracy theory: ‘They control the weather’

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    In a series of social media posts, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., appeared to claim Democrats could “control the weather” after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast, adding to other baseless conspiracy theories promoted by lawmakers , including her. previous support for the QAnon movement and how space lasers caused forest fires.

    Key facts

    Greene, who did not specify who she was talking about, wrote late Thursday on

    In an earlier post, Greene shared a map of counties affected by Hurricane Helene and an overlay that she said indicated their political affiliation, suggesting the image “(shows) how the hurricane’s devastation could affect the election.” ‘

    There is “no sound physical hypothesis” that supports claims that humans can alter the strength of hurricanes, tornadoes or “damaging winds in general,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which said it conducted research into methods to divert tropical cyclones in the 1960s. .

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    Tangent

    More than 200 people have died, hundreds more are still missing and more than 650,000 people are without power in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia as of Friday in the week since Hurricane Helene made landfall. The storm is the deadliest hurricane to make landfall in the continental US since Katrina in 2005.

    Important background

    In recent years, Greene has been criticized for her promotion of several conspiracy theories before coming to power. A House committee removed Greene in 2021 after online comments resurfaced showing her questioning the events of September 11, suggesting the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was fabricated and saying Democratic leaders in the Congress were to be executed. In since-deleted Facebook posts, Greene reportedly claimed that the Camp Fire that broke out in California in 2018 was caused by lasers fired from space. Greene stated that these lasers were powered by “space solar generators,” created through an investment by “Rothschild, Inc.” The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said an investigation showed the fire was caused by electrical transmission lines. Greene has also been criticized for her past support of the QAnon movement, which she claimed she stopped supporting in 2018.

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