Marjorie Taylor Greene ridiculed after doubling down on eclipses being 'signs' to repent

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Sunday doubled down on her stance that recent earthquakes and eclipses are "signs for those of us who believe" to repent.

Raw Story recently reported that Greene on Friday had issued the stern warning on social media after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake rumbled east coast cities from Philadelphia to Boston and three days before a solar eclipse was slated to cross over the northern hemisphere.

After receiving plenty of flak for that remark, she decided to double down Sunday.

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Greene, who received a "community notes" fact check from the X platform for her comment, wrote the following:

"Many have mocked and scoffed at this post and even put community notes. Jesus talked about that in Luke 12:54-56. Yes eclipses are predictable and earthquakes happen and we know when comets are passing by, however God created all of these things and uses them to be signs for those of us who believe."

That caused even more people to push back in the comments.

U.S. Navy veteran Jared Ryan Sears wrote, "So you're doubling down by saying that your God, when forming the universe over 14 billion years ago, planned out that Americans would become more tolerant and accepting of those different than themselves in 2024, something Jesus taught people to do, so God planned a minor New Jersey earthquake and a solar eclipse in order to tell Americans to vote for Trump so that we could usher in an era of hatred, bigotry, and suffering?"

"Yeah that makes your initial tweet better," he added with sarcasm.

Former State Senate candidate Christopher Hyre also chimed in:

"Stop the nonsense and do something effective with your time. Go pass legislation, spreading fear with the end of times rhetoric WONT go unchecked," he wrote. "The United States is already divided. We don't need our elected leaders to further that division. Grow up and change your ways."

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) linked to an article on lightning lighting up Lady Liberty.

"God created clouds. God created lightning. Lightning struck the Statue of Liberty. Yes clouds are predictable and lightning happens, however God created all of these things and uses them to be signs for those of us who believe," he wrote in satire, adding, "I’m way ahead of [Greene] in seeing signs."

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