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Judith Green's avatar

This is from Snopes. They posted the original FB post that she subsequently deleted.

"What's True

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Greene suggested that laser beams from space may have started the 2018 California wildfires, and that among the entities behind this conspiracy were former California Gov. Jerry Brown, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Rothschild Inc., an investment firm frequently targeted by anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists.

What's False

Greene did not explicitly state that “Jewish space lasers” caused the fires."

\ MTG's post includes mentions of Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blum but doesn't comment on their being Jewish.

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Joan Friedman (MA, from NY)'s avatar

Andy Borowitz writes (link follows quote):

In 2018, she(MTG) famously proposed that California wildfires were being ignited by “lasers or blue beams of light” emitted by “space solar generators” financed in part by the Rothschild banking family. This majestically loony riff inspired the phrase “Jewish space lasers,” a term she didn’t invent but probably wished she had.

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/who-will-replace-mtg-in-trumps-clown

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Diana Perry's avatar

She wrote the Facebook post. She deleted it but she defends it in her book. I promise, if you look at media matters, msnbc, etc, they have links to the reporting on that particular post and how she's tried to explain it away since 2021.

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KC Coyne's avatar

Very alarming that you

Cannot find sources- the “Jewish space lazer “ comment is not that long ago- what gives?

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Judith Green's avatar

See my comment above.. Snopes found it, posted it, and gave their verdict.

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Jan C's avatar

Thanks, as always, Ariella!

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