Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is well known for believing in various unusual conspiracy theories, and her previous remarks criticizing space lasers owned by wealthy Jewish individuals, which she claims start fires in California, are probably some of her most famous. Greene has frequently become very angry when questioned by reporters about her comments on “Jewish space lasers.”
However, she recently proposed an amendment to allocate funds for “space laser technology” to prevent immigration into the U.S.
“America needs to take our national security seriously and deserves the same type of defense for our border that Israel has and proudly uses,” Greene stated on X, sharing text from her amendment to a $26 billion bill for aid to Israel. Her proposed amendment would provide “such sums as necessary” for “the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.”
Business Insider reports that Greene’s amendment may be an effort to make the Israel aid package less likely to be approved.
In a 2018 Facebook post – from before she was in Congress – Greene mentioned that “they are beaming the suns energy back to Earth, I’m sure they wouldn’t ever miss a transmitter receiving station right??!!”
“What would that look like anyway?” she continued. “A laser beam or a light beam coming down to Earth I guess. Could that cause a fire? Hmmm, I don’t know. I hope not! That wouldn’t look good for [Pacific Gas & Electric], Rothschild Inc, Solaren or Jerry Brown who sure does seem fond of PG&E.”
The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family that made its fortune in banking and has been at the center of antisemitic conspiracy theories for over two centuries.
In 2022, a reporter confronted Greene about the post, and she said that she didn’t know who the Rothschilds were when she wrote about them on Facebook.
“I had no idea,” she told the reporter. “I’m telling you.”
“I’m entirely opposed to antisemitism,” she stated as the reporter questioned her about why she was writing about the Rothschild family if she didn’t know who they are. “You’re mixing two things together. You’re accusing me of something I did not do, and then you’re trying to blame me for antisemitism.”
This past March, BBC journalist Emily Maitlis asked Greene, “Could you tell me why so many people that support Donald Trump love conspiracy theories, including yourself?”
Greene claimed that “the left and the media spreads more conspiracy theories” and that Trump supporters “like the truth.”
“What about Jewish space lasers?” Maitlis asked. “Tell us about Jewish space lasers.”
That’s when Greene got angry.
“No,” she responded. “Why don’t you go talk about Jewish space lasers, and really, why don’t you f**k off? How about that?”
She then walked away.
