Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'they control the weather' comment draws instant mockery online

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Thursday night wrote a cryptic tweet about unnamed persons being able to manipulate the weather -- and it drew instant ridicule.

"Yes they can control the weather," Greene posted just after 11 p.m. ET. "It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done."

Greene did not elaborate on the ways that "they" can control the weather, or even explain who "they" are.

But given her history of promoting conspiracy theories, including when she infamously hypothesized that the Rothschild family was using space lasers to start forest fires in California, many of her followers were quick to pounce with mockery.

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"This is so offensive and untrue," joked comedian and actor Patton Oswalt. "Mel Brooks, please send a thunderstorm to wreck her house."

"If this were true 'they' would’ve dropped a house on her already," observed author Dan Savage.

"This is a member of the Congress of the United States," marveled Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA). "For real. No joke."

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) expressed a similar sentiment.

"This person is in Congress," he wrote. "This ignorance, this lunacy, is why we have a government teetering and lurching. Her stupidity is a disease. She’s not alone either."

Anti-Trump attorney George Conway picked up on anti-Semitic currents in Greene's post.

"Your point is what?" he asked. "That Moses parted the Red Sea? Are you saying he had a space laser?"

And Trump biographer Tim O'Brien mocked Greene by reminding her of former President Donald Trump's mishaps in responding to natural disasters.

"Of course. With a Sharpie or by nuking hurricanes. 'They' should just do that," he joked.