AOC gets duped by fake Marjorie Taylor Greene quote

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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