Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed ignorance as her defense for spreading an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
The Georgia Republican suggested in a November 2018 post on Facebook that the wildfire that ravaged California was started with a laser beam as part of an effort to clear land for building a high-speed rail project involving corporate and banking interests, such as the Rothschild family — but Greene insisted she wasn’t aware of the anti-Semitic implications of her claims, reported Forward.
“I didn’t even know and didn’t find out until recently that the Rothschilds were Jewish,” Greene told the print-only Ami Magazine. Continue reading.