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An image shared on Twitter allegedly shows Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeting about flimsy circumstantial evidence and not recognizing this America. To @RepMTG sounds to me like you are confessing here. Keep it up, this is making other’s work easy. pic.twitter.com/Kd0En55tza — SassyLady1961 (@SLady1961) October 27, 2021 Verdict: False There is no evidence Greene sent the tweet. A spokesperson for Greene confirmed it is fabricated. Fact Check: The tweet, supposedly sent by Greene Oct. 27, reads , People can’t really be convicted on such flimsy circumstantial evidence as ‘having a similar gait’ or ‘owning the identical shoes’ or being in DC and not having an alibi for that time’ can they?! I don’t recognize this American. Check Your Fact didn’t find any evidence Greene sent or deleted the tweet. Searching the congresswoman’s verified Twitter accounts – @RepMTG and @mtgreenee – yielded no matches for it. Politwoops , an archive of public officials’ deleted tweets that’s operated by ProPublica, shows no record of her deleting the tweet. Tweets from Greene have previously made headlines . If she had actually sent the message, it likely would have prompted coverage from media outlets. (RELATED: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Scrub ‘All Things Matt Gaetz’ From Her Twitter Account?) Nick Dyer, a spokesperson for Greene, told Check Your Fact in an email the tweet is a totally fake doctored image and blamed BlueAnon conspiracy theorists in the Democrat Party for its creation. A story recently published by Rolling Stone claimed some organizers of the Jan. 6 Stop The Steal rally were in contact with Greene, other members of Congress and staffers beforehand. Greene denied the allegations in a statement to The Hill.
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