This story originally appeared on Kveller.
I’ve been watching the disturbing rise of conspiracy theorist and Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene with horror. Last week, another baseless theory of hers was unearthed about Jewish space lasers starting the California wildfires. (Did I ever think I’d be writing these words? About a Congress member, no less? No, dear reader, I did not. )
Here’s the story: On Thursday, a 2018 Facebook post written by Greene was unveiled in which the future lawmaker blames California’s wildfires on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in conjunction with the Rothschilds the Jewish family that’s been prominently featured in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories for about two centuries. Apparently, according to Greene, “Rothschild Inc” started the fires using a space laser, and its goal was to clear the way for a high-speed rail project.
A ‘Jewish space laser’ sounds funny. But Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-Semitism is no laughing matter.
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This story originally appeared on Kveller.
I’ve been watching the disturbing rise of conspiracy theorist and Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene with horror. Last week, another baseless theory of hers was unearthed about Jewish space lasers starting the California wildfires. (Did I ever think I’d be writing these words? About a Congress member, no less? No, dear reader, I did not. )
Here’s the story: On Thursday, a 2018 Facebook post written by Greene was unveiled in which the future lawmaker blames California’s wildfires on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in conjunction with the Rothschilds the Jewish family that’s been prominently featured in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories for about two centuries. Apparently, according to Greene, “Rothschild Inc” started the fires using a space laser, and its goal was to clear the way for