Conspiracy theory-spouting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) last week drew widespread ridicule for saying that an unidentified group of people "can control the weather."
While Greene never specified who "they" were, it seems that some of her fellow conspiracy theorists are filling in the blanks — and targeting Jewish Americans.
Forward reported Monday that "Jewish government officials are being targeted with anti-Semitic attacks in a misinformation blitz hampering efforts to get critical information out to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina," including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Asheville, North Carolina Mayor Esther Manheimer, and Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Jaclyn Rothenberg.
In fact, one viral post on Twitter that has received more than 13 million views specifically targeted Manheimer for her Jewish ancestry, while Rothenberg's posts on the social media platform are filled with hostile responses that call her a "lying Jew," among other things.
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Forward's report noted that Republican North Carolina State Sen. Kevin Corbin, who has been denouncing conspiracy theories about the hurricane response, said that the Greene-endorsed theory that a group of shadowy elites are manipulating the weather has been particularly insidious.
The uptick in conspiracy theories was noted by Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who denounced them during a Sunday appearance on CNN.
"“There has been an avalanche of anti-Semitic conspiracies directed at the mayor, directed at FEMA, as if somehow the Mossad is involved in distributing disaster relief,” he said.
