Parkland families ask for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation after posts appear showing she agreed that shooting was a ‘false flag’

Parkland families ask for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation after posts appear showing she agreed that shooting was a ‘false flag’

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Seventeen people, including 14 students, were killed in the shooting, which started a national movement for stricter gun control laws led by March For Our Lives, a group of survivors of the shooting.

“(T) he shot our school was real. Real children died and our community is still suffering today,” wrote the Parkland chapter of the organization in a tweet addressed to Greene. “You should be ashamed of yourself and resign from congress. Conspiracy theorists don’t deserve a seat in the people’s home.”

CNN contacted Greene’s office for comment.

According to the images captured by the MMFA, Greene agreed with commentators who said the shooting was a “false flag” operation, a conspiracy theory that the shooting was armed or designed to look like it was carried out by another individual or group. (Similar lies were perpetuated about the shooting at Sandy Hook Primary School in December 2012, leading to harassment of the victims’ families.)

A comment in Greene’s post said: “It’s called a reward to keep your mouth shut, because it was a planned shot with a false flag.”

“Exactly,” wrote Greene in response, according to the MMFA images.

Another commentator referred to the pension as a “(k) ick back for following the evil plan”, to which Greene replied, “My thoughts exactly !! I pay to do what he did and keep my mouth shut.”

Facebook removed comments for violating its policies after the MMFA report was published, according to a Facebook spokesman.

Margarita Lasalle, right, the budget officer, and Joellen Berman, the guidance data specialist, watch the memorial in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, while teachers and staff are allowed to return to school for the first time since the shooting. mass on campus on February 23, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.

‘My daughter and 16 other people were murdered that day’

Survivors of the shooting and her family condemned Greene and asked her to resign.

David Hogg, a former student and activist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, wrote on Twitter that he had “a message” to Greene.

“Apologize now or continue to spread these conspiracies and we will be sure to make the next 2 years of your life not just the last in Congress, but also hell.”

Hogg added that defenders “would also accept his resignation in lieu of an apology”

Fred Guttenberg, whose 14 year old daughter Jaime was killed in the shooting, tweeted to Greene after his comments surfaced, writing, “Are you going to resign? For the sake of this country, you should. Parkland was not a fake flagged event. My daughter and 16 others were murdered that day.”
Parkland's victim's father escorted from the State of the Union while Trump talked about protecting the Second Amendment
Greene did not address his previous comments in a statement posted on Twitter after the MMFA story came out. Instead, she argued against “school zones without weapons”, saying she was once “locked in a classroom in the 11th grade” due to a student who brought weapons to her school and “personally” understood the students’ fears.

She also criticized the deputy, writing that he “allowed children to be defenseless against an active sniper. When he was supposed to protect them, he was a coward and refused to enter. He allowed 17 people to die.”

Inside a separate tweet on ThursdayGreene called MMFA “communist bloggers” who “use the same book of lies and slanders about the people they feel threatened by”.

Cameron Kasky, another former student, wrote of her statement: “This, in addition to being a stupid and meaningless message, in no way addresses her by calling it a false flag. Now she is throwing gas light. Not the leave. “

Guttenberg said in reply: “You are a fraud you must resign. Be prepared to meet me directly in person to explain your conspiracy theory, and soon.”

Other groups calling for gun control, like Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, also called for Greene’s resignation.

“Dangerous conspiracy theorists who sell disinformation like Mr Greene further undermine Congress’ credibility,” Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, said in a statement. “Taylor Greene’s lies traumatize tragedy survivors and endanger their safety. She must resign immediately.”

Greene has a history of spreading conspiracy theories

Greene, a newly elected congresswoman representing the 14th District of Georgia, has shown an affinity for conspiracy theories in the past, including QAnon, whose supporters believed that former President Donald Trump was waging a secret war against a conspiracy of child-worshiping abusers of Satan who commanded the government.
Greene deviated from conspiracy theory during his campaign, telling Fox News last August that QAnon “was not part of my campaign” and that she “chose another path” when “she started to find misinformation”.

MMFA also reported in another Facebook post by Greene, in which she said that “she has been told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that ‘we need another school shooting’ to persuade the public to want strict control of weapons “.

CNN’s KFILE had previously reported on Greene’s story of trafficking in unfounded conspiracy theories as ‘Pizzagate’, a precursor to Qanon. KFILE also reported that Greene once worked for a conservative blog that questioned whether the shooting in Parkland was a “huge false flag”.

At the time, Greene told CNN that he used media “attacks” as an “badge of honor”, but did not address previous blog posts.

Tina Burnside, Annie Grayer, Andrew Kaczynski and CNN’s Em Steck contributed to this report.

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