Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘they’ control the weather as Hurricane Helene batters red states

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is being wide mocked erstwhile again — this clip for suggesting “they” power the upwind arsenic galore Republican-leaning states, including her location authorities of Georgia, measure the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.

“Yes they tin power the weather,” the House Committee connected Homeland Security authoritative tweeted Thursday night, without clarifying who she meant. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to prevarication and accidental it can’t beryllium done.”

Yes they tin power the weather.

It’s ridiculous for anyone to prevarication and accidental it can’t beryllium done.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) October 4, 2024

At slightest 215 radical person been killed since Hurricane Helene made landfall successful Florida connected Sept. 26. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia person witnessed the heaviest casualties.

Greene and like-minded conspiracy theorists person since utilized social media platforms specified arsenic X to propulsion nonsensical explanations for what caused Helene to signifier and subsequently wreak havoc.

X is besides wherever Greene was ridiculed by users, including histrion Ellen Barkin, who interpreted Greene’s “they” to beryllium an antisemitic reference.

“I don’t cognize astir different Jews but I bash successful information control the weather,” the “Animal Kingdom” prima joked successful response.

Pekka Kallioniemi, the writer of a bid exposing Russian misinformation campaigns, responded to the rep’s station by penning “JEWISH SPACE LASERS” — a notation to Greene famously saying successful 2018 that she believed abstraction lasers operated by salient Jewish bankers might beryllium to blasted for California wildfires.

Atlanta-based weatherman Ryan Maue tweeted that “while astir conspiracy theories crook retired to beryllium true, I tin guarantee you that the Hurricane Helene upwind modification mentation is not 1 of them. I would know, too.”

Maue holds his Ph.D. successful Meteorology.

While astir conspiracy theories crook retired to beryllium true, I tin guarantee you that the Hurricane Helene upwind modification mentation is not 1 of them. I would know, too.

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) October 4, 2024

Greene — whom “InfoWars” big Alex Jones has encouraged to run for president — earlier posted a representation of “how hurricane devastation could impact the election.”

That graphic indicated reddish states would beryllium the astir heavy impacted.

Several Greene supporters connected X rushed to her defense Friday by claiming they excessively judge upwind tin beryllium manipulated by malevolent forces.

Greene antecedently drew ridicule backmost successful April erstwhile she suggested earthquakes and eclipses, which besides interaction Democratic cities and states, are the effect of God “sending America beardown signs to archer america to repent.”