Fabricated Fourth of July Tweet Was Not from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – FactCheck.org

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was among the many politicians who posted Fourth of July messages on social media. But a bogus, nonsensical July Fourth tweet purportedly from the congresswoman has been spread by partisan accounts. The post was meant as a spoof.

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Like many https://perma.cc/9YWX-FVMA” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>members https://perma.cc/5PSP-QKR3″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>of https://perma.cc/T7S2-K886″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia https://perma.cc/R5QJ-3TY5″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>posted a Fourth of July message on social media.

Her official Twitter account shared an image of a stone slab with https://perma.cc/A5Y9-R9RP” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>claims about the signers of the Declaration of Independence beneath text that https://perma.cc/R5QJ-3TY5″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>said: “Happy Independence Day! Let us have honor like these men.”

But a different Independence Day message that’s been made to look as though it came from Greene’s account has been circulating on social media.

The https://perma.cc/A5SK-NNMM” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>phony tweet, which appropriates Greene’s Twitter profile photo, says: “246 years ago Jesus Christ performed his miracle of making a single days worth of bullets last 8 days, allowing The Continental Army (Americans Woot!) to defeat the Socialist Mexicans and the Liberal British (who were also Muslim). That’s why I give thanks this 4th of July.”

The post alludes to the story of https://perma.cc/9CRF-8ZCT” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Hanukkah, in which oil that was supposed to last for only one night miraculously lasted for eight nights, and https://perma.cc/737C-FHVG” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Thanksgiving, a holiday on which people traditionally give thanks. The tweet doesn’t appear anywhere on Greene’s https://perma.cc/E7HG-BJFC” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>official Twitter feed, and it’s not in the https://perma.cc/R8HS-FBKZ” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>database of politicians’ deleted tweets that’s maintained by ProPublica.

The tweet has been shared by a https://perma.cc/A5SK-NNMM” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>satirical Facebook page and https://perma.cc/F7SH-UU4C” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>others who have suggested that it’s a spoof. But https://perma.cc/TH7G-YSDT” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>many https://perma.cc/WYM3-DDZ8″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>haven’t https://perma.cc/PFR2-ZATN” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>included that disclosure, leading social media users to believe that it was really a tweet from the congresswoman.

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Sources

Greene, Marjorie Taylor (@RepMTG). “https://perma.cc/R5QJ-3TY5″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Happy Independence Day! Let us have honor like these men.” Twitter. 4 Jul 2022.

Mikkelson, David. “https://perma.cc/A5Y9-R9RP” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>The Price They Paid.” Snopes. 28 Jun 2005.

Greene, Marjorie Taylor (@RepMTG). https://perma.cc/E7HG-BJFC” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Twitter feed. Accessed 5 Jul 2022.

ProPublica. Politwoops. https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/mtgreenee” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Deleted Tweets From Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Accessed 5 Jul 2022.