There’s a fake Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene quote going viral tonight that’s successfully duped a number of blue-check accounts, including that of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez:
Marjorie Taylor Greene says COVID is a bioweapon because God would never create a fatal illness that harms people https://t.co/fAiPkTCJw3
— Charlie J. Johnson (@Charliemagne) June 12, 2021
AOC responded to that with, “Tell me you’ve never read the Bible without telling me you’ve never read the Bible”:
Tell me you’ve never read the Bible without telling me you’ve never read the Bible https://t.co/ttMBi1lrXp
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 13, 2021
To be clear, the fake MTG quote never appears in the Axios article getting quoted or the interview she gave:
not sure why everyone is sharing this – neither article nor linked interview appear to include a quote by her saying this. the strange claim MTG actually made is COVID-19 is a bioweapon & not a result of gain-of-function searching for vaccine b/c she doesn't believe in evolution. https://t.co/tO01pisi6f
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) June 13, 2021
But, as we said, AOC isn’t alone. Here are but a few of the many quote-tweets of the fake quote:
Egypt could not be reached for comment. https://t.co/rJgsOc8AjD
— Blake Montgomery (@blakersdozen) June 14, 2021
AOC ain't wrong here. https://t.co/fpGYMTuOLC
— Nate Bell (@NateBell4AR) June 13, 2021
No one tell her about the Old Testament https://t.co/YrKkaJXaPq
— Lyz Lenz (@lyzl) June 13, 2021
Cancer called…. https://t.co/fvIyTAXxPn
— Maysoon (@maysoonzayid) June 13, 2021
Maybe crack a Bible sometime. Especially the early stuff. It'll blow your mind. https://t.co/8jzSH0ocWm
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) June 13, 2021
The Bubonic plague was invented in a lab in Austria by George Soros's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather https://t.co/cwqQB1mgkC
— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) June 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/EricMGarcia/status/1404264764210135047
So anyway, I'm going to go read Exodus chapters 7 through 11 now… https://t.co/Lhac3DCkeq
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) June 13, 2021
Well done, everyone.
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