Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was “swatted” early Wednesday morning after an unknown person filed a fake shooting report that led police to respond to Greene’s home, authorities said.
This from theblaze.com.
Greene tweeted Wednesday:
Last night, I was swatted just after 1 a.m. I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County.
The Rome Police Department said in a statement:
Police officers are investigating after someone placed a 911 call and reported that a subject was shot multiple times at an address within city limits.
When officers responded to the location, they discovered it was the congresswoman’s home address. Greene informed police that there was no issue.
Police said:
[T]he call was determined to be a prank commonly known as ‘swatting.’
Further, the Rome Police Department said:
[I]t received a second 911 call from an individual who used ‘a computer-generated voice’ and stated they were upset about Greene’s political views on transgender youth rights.
Police said:
The Rome Police Department Criminal Investigation Division is working in conjunction with the United States Capital Police on this investigation.
The department added:
This is an active investigation and no further information can be released at this time.
Rep. Greene, a first-term firebrand lawmaker known for discussing politically charged topics that senior GOP leadership prefer to dance around, has agitated the left by forcefully opposing sex-change procedures or cross-sex hormone prescriptions for gender-dysphoric minors.
Last week, Greene said she will introduce legislation that would criminalize puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for children, decrying so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ as ‘child abuse’ and ‘genital mutilation.’
A spokesman for Greene said that safety was her office’s ‘number one concern’ after the swatting attack.
Greene spokesman Nick Dyer told the Rome News-Tribune:
Late last night, she was a victim of a political attack on her family and home. Whoever committed this violent crime will face the full extent of the law.
A typical array of troublesome, mouthy left-wing figures cast doubt on Greene’s story after she reported what happened Wednesday.
Others mocked her and said she deserved to be harassed or questioned whether she staged the incident to ‘smear trans rights activists.’
Lawyer Elie Mystal tweeted:
If you’re wondering why I don’t believe that MTG was ‘swatted’ last night, it’s because she’s actively trying to fear monger people about the FBI.
If you're wondering why I don't believe that MTG was "swatted" last night, it's because she's actively trying to fear monger people about the FBI https://t.co/0RKKChplUV
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) August 24, 2022
As of the time Jenkins tweeted this, all of the top Google search results for "Marjorie Taylor Greene" consist of news stories from multiple outlets containing on-the-record confirmation from law enforcement agencies that this happened pic.twitter.com/CAc4IlFsek
— Leon Wolf 🇺🇦 (@LeonHWolf) August 24, 2022
Journalist Yashar Ali said:
Not doubting that MTG got swatted. What I am doubting is that the person who swatted her was an actual trans rights activist and not someone trying to smear trans rights activists.
Not doubting that MTG got swatted.
What I am doubting is that the person who swatted her was an actual trans rights activist and not someone trying to smear trans rights activists.
You’ll see what I mean when you read her tweets and quotes in the story.https://t.co/IPx07Z1t0I pic.twitter.com/1GQL642ygw
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 24, 2022
Greene told The Charlie Kirk Show Wednesday that the swatting situation was ‘dangerous’ because whoever placed the 911 call said there were children in danger in her home, which put police on high alert.
.@RepMTG talks about what exactly happened when she got swatted last night. pic.twitter.com/A4KA9yhNvT
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 24, 2022
Congresswoman Greene said:
Not only did they put my life and my family’s life in danger, they also put the police officers’ lives in danger. So whoever this person is, they deserve to be locked up.