Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) described the Parkland, Fla., school shooting as a “false flag” event in a 2018 Facebook post uncovered by Media Matters.
Greene made the remark while commenting on another user’s comment on her own post.
She had initially criticized a police officer, former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, who was fired for his response to the shooting, in which 17 people were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Peterson received a pension when he left the department. Continue reading.