Assclown Alert: Ginning up hurricane conspiracies with the MAGA crowd

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As residents of Florida and other states suffer from the devastating consequences of hurricanes Helene and Milton, far-right pundits have once again become locked in a debate whether God or weather-control machines are responsible.

Shortly after Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast, William Koenig of the conspiracy-prone evangelical site World Watch Daily theorized that it, like other deadly hurricanes was a result of the Almighty’s wrath. Because, of course, “Israel’s enemies were preparing their scathing anti-Israel speeches to the United Nations General Assembly while the Biden administration was continuing to work on an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire deal.”

Koenig further claimed “the four costliest hurricanes in U.S. history all corresponded to White House pressure and action regarding Israel’s covenant land.”

Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to fire off batshit claims that Democrats have weaponized the weather and sent hurricanes to slay God-fearing, Trump-loving Southerners.

After Hurricane Helene claimed the lives of at least 33 people in her home state of Georgia, the MAGA Republican made the online claim that “they” use cloud seeding to unleash weather disasters. Later, she clarified that the “they” she was referring to was federal agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Anyone who wades through far-right social media will see that both claims have plenty of proponents. Scary numbers, in fact.

Here’s a novel idea: If assclowns on the right fringe are truly concerned about the devastation brought on by hurricanes, perhaps they should channel their energy into something to help those affected — like donating time or money to the Red Cross.

Or here’s yet another novel idea: Quit pretending climate change caused by human beings isn’t worsening these catastrophes.

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