Critics put conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on blast after she responded to a school shooting in her state with a call for prayer rather than solutions for gun violence.
Two students and two teachers were killed on Wednesday during the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Nine others were hospitalized, and dozens more were injured.
The suspect is 14 years old and has been on the FBI’s radar since last year when he allegedly made threats online that included pictures of guns.
On her official X feed, Greene called on people to “join together in prayer for the victims” and issued a similar call for prayer on her personal X account.
But Greene, who says she is “100% Pro-Life Pro-Gun Pro-Trump” in her bio on X, earlier this year opposed a Justice Department program to help states with “red flag” laws designed to keep guns from high-risk people.
She’s also had multiple run-ins with gun-control activists. One in 2022 accused Greene of kicking her. In 2019, Greene filmed herself accosting gun safety activist and Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg, who she called a “coward.”
She has also pushed conspiracy theories about some shootings.
Given that background, Greene’s critics didn’t want to hear her call for “prayer” over action.
And many let her know, often in blunt terms: