Florida Democrat Shuts Down Marjorie Taylor Greene And Her Hurricane Conspiracy Machine

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) scorched Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday over her very dangerous misinformation just as Hurricane Milton hit his home state . The Category 3 storm has already left millions without power.

And then obviously, we have my favorite, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who runs the Mensa caucus, talking about the fact that we have a weather machine, said Moskowitz, a former director of Floridas emergency management division, in an interview with MSNBC s Jason Johnson.

You know, if there are aliens watching and theyre looking at all of this, they can definitely confirm there is no intelligent life in Congress with Marjorie Taylor Greene talking about a weather machine being used for politics, he added. Its very dangerous.

The Georgia Republican shared a conspiracy theory on social media earlier this month claiming that they can control the weather following Hurricane Helenes devastating effects on the Southeast.

Its ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it cant be done, wrote Greene, known for her bonkers claims .

Greene would later seemingly double down on talk of people controlling the weather, pointing to a map of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene and tying it to a map of political affiliations in the area.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden went after both Greene and former President Donald Trump for their part in pushing disinformation about the federal governments response to hurricanes.

Were controlling the weather! Its beyond ridiculous. Its got to stop, Biden said.

The GOP nominee has recently spewed lies at campaign events about the Hurricane Helene response including a claim that Vice President Kamala Harris spent all of Federal Emergency Management Agencys money on housing for immigrants.

Moskowitz, when asked about the impact of misinformation on the ground as Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, noted that theres always been disaster politics in the emergency management industry.

We saw it in Katrina, dealt with it in COVID, obviously, but the misinformation that were seeing being put out now is very dangerous, Moskowitz said.

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I mean, at some point in time, well see people tell residents not to evacuate because the hurricanes not really hitting you, and thats really where its headed.

Moskowitz added that people are trying to evacuate and make decisions on whats best for their families in Florida, so Democrats , Republicans and emergency managers have to combat the claims.

Moskowitz: We have Marjorie Taylor Greene who runs the Mensa caucus talking about a weather machine. If there are aliens watching and looking at all of this, they can definitely confirm there is no intelligent life in congress with Greene talking about a weather machine pic.twitter.com/C6QKeO6mDb

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Moskowitz: We have Marjorie Taylor Greene who runs the Mensa caucus talking about a weather machine. If there are aliens watching and looking at all of this, they can definitely confirm there is no intelligent life in congress with Greene talking about a weather machine pic.twitter.com/C6QKeO6mDb
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