Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘they’ control the weather after Hurricane Helene kills 215 in the US

Controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed that a mysterious “they” can control the weather afterHurricane Helene killed more than two dozen people in her state and a total of 200 across the US.

Greene, a Republican from Georgia, made the post on X late Thursday night: “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”

She did not elaborate on who “they” are.

Earlier that day, Greene had posted a map of the southeastern US that appears to show political affiliation by county in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.

Fellow lawmakers were quick to mock Greene for the bizarre weather comment.

“Hakeem Jeffries should be the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,” Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz wrote in response. “Enjoy your weekend campaigning everybody.”

Shannon Watts, a gun violence prevention activist, also criticized the post for being rooted in antisemitic conspiracy theories.

“Reminder: This is a conspiracy theory based in anti-Semitism alleging that Jewish people have the technology to manipulate the weather and cause freak storms that wreak havoc on the world,” Watts wrote on X.

The Independent has contacted Greene’s office for comment.

Hurricane Helene has killed at least 215 people since it first made landfall in Florida last week. In Georgia, at least 33 are dead and more than 200,000 customers are without power as of Friday morning, according to PowerOutage.us.

Carbon monoxide from power generators caused at least three of those deaths, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The storm is the deadliest since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

At the storm’s peak, more than 1.3 million people were without power in Georgia alone. State officials