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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Mon May 30, 2022, 03:32 AM May 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to push a baseless conspiracy theory about the Texas shooter, sugges

Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to push a baseless conspiracy theory about the Texas shooter, suggesting he was into 'wearing eyeliner' and 'cross dressing'
insider@insider.com (Cheryl Teh) - Yesterday 10:32 PM

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"He clearly had a lot of mental issues going on, as was shown with him wearing eyeliner, cross-dressing, a lot of his language, being a loner," Greene said, adding that more information was still coming out about the school shooter.

She also questioned how the shooter got the money to buy the guns he used in the shooting despite coming from a low-income household. "He must have really been saving up!" Greene said.

In her broadcast, Greene appeared to touch on two separate conspiracy theories swirling around the shooting. Greene seemed to be referencing the baseless rumor pushed by her colleague, Rep. Paul Gosar, that the shooter was a transgender individual.

Last week, Gosar began spreading a baseless, transphobic rumor via a now-deleted tweet that the shooter was a "transsexual leftist illegal alien" hours after the shooting. This is factually wrong on all counts and originated from 4Chan, an unmoderated fringe messaging board. 4Chan users posted images of trans women and falsely claimed they were the shooter, despite these women having nothing to do with what happened in Uvalde.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared to push a baseless conspiracy theory about the Texas shooter, sugges (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2022 OP
Never waste a good crisis. Time to spew hatred, ignorance and lies. Irish_Dem May 2022 #1
If she had read a couple of sentences she would've found out he bought the gun on credit Walleye May 2022 #2
Facts don't matter to Empty Greene IngridsLittleAngel May 2022 #3
+1 n/t area51 Jun 2022 #4

Walleye

(31,028 posts)
2. If she had read a couple of sentences she would've found out he bought the gun on credit
Mon May 30, 2022, 05:49 AM
May 2022

I’m pretty sure there won’t be any change to that practice

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
3. Facts don't matter to Empty Greene
Mon May 30, 2022, 08:11 PM
May 2022

Never have, never will. Of course, her only goal here is to get some trans people killed.

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