'Jewish Space Lasers' Once Again Trending Amid Marjorie Taylor Greene's Comments
The oft-memed conspiracy theory about "Jewish space lasers" has once again come out of the woodwork due to additional comments made by U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, coinciding with news of the viral Chinese spy balloon.
In an audio clip spreading online over the last 24 hours, Greene denies ever using the phrase "Jewish space laser" despite previous online evidence existing to the contrary.
Marjorie Taylor Greene said she never said the phrase “Jewish space lasers” and “doesn’t hold any views like that at all.” pic.twitter.com/L1Q8019cVn
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene not only claimed Jewish Space lasers start wildfires, but she also said all these other ridiculous things. She is on two major committees, while IIlan Omar is ousted from Foreign Affairs Committee.
When republicans show you who they are, believe them. pic.twitter.com/J3LacHU4og— Liberal Lisa in Oklahoma (@lisa_liberal) February 2, 2023
This coincides with recent comparisons between Representative Ilhan Omar and Greene due to Omar being removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday while Greene has controversially been allowed to stay on her committees. Yesterday, AOC notably gave an impassioned speech defending Omar while criticizing Greene for spreading conspiracies like the Jewish space laser in the past.
"This about targeting women of color!" -- AOC's impassioned defense of Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/8vqr5tNy6z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2023
As noted earlier, this statement from Greene also comes at a time when a Chinese balloon that's generated viral discourse today was spotted over Montana, causing many to jokingly say "bring out the Jewish space lasers" as a last line of defense.
While somewhat of a rare change of form in regards to joking about a conspiracy theory, which are often pushed down to avoid letting others catch wind of them and having them spread as disinformation, the Jewish space laser first went viral roughly two years ago during its initial spread. At least in its current context, it seems like it largely exists as a meme on social media despite some spreading conspiracies about its legitimacy still.
Marjorie Greene: “Pretty soon China will be sending Jewish Space Lasers to fly over our country.”
— Captain Obvious (@TheFungi669) February 3, 2023
Where are those Jewish Space Lasers when we need them? Or the Italian Spy Satellites? pic.twitter.com/s2pfSIh7hr
— Grobinski (@wegot2go2) February 3, 2023
Shoot it down! Use the Jewish Space Lasers!
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 3, 2023
Surprised that Space Force hasn’t pointed their giant Jewish space lasers at the errant balloon 🎈
— DanWeinbaumKMBZ (@DanWeinbaumKMBZ) February 3, 2023
.@joebiden it's time. Activate the Jewish Space Lasers https://t.co/tKhNRQzVXW
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 3, 2023
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