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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'No Wonder They Shot Him': Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares Wild Conspiracy Theory
The MAGA lawmaker weighed in within hours of the assassination attempt.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-conspiracy-theory-on-slovakia-pm-robert-ficos-attack
Marjorie Taylor Greene wasted no time in suggesting that the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico Wednesday could be linked to his position on COVID vaccines. The MAGA lawmaker shared a post on X Wednesday which contained a video with English subtitles in which Fico purportedly rails against the treatment of those who opposed vaccination and other government measures to manage the pandemic (The Daily Beast has not verified the translation provided in the clip).
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
This is great and courageous, Greene wrote in her own tweet sharing the video. No wonder they shot him. The original post, which was made by an X user who self-describes as a Conspiracy Realist with the handle @BGatesIsaPsycho, claimed that Fico had said that his party WILL NOT support strengthening the Powers of the World Health Organization and that multiple studies have confirmed the scandalous consequences of mass vaccination with experimental untested vaccines. Today he has been shot in public ‼️‼️, the post read. As of yet no motive for the attack has been given
Doctors in Slovakia said Thursday that Fico remains in a stable but serious condition after being shot multiple times in the attack in the town of Handlova, according to the BBC. Tomas Taraba, Slovakias deputy prime minister, had said earlier that Ficos surgery had gone well and that he guessed Fico will survive.
Juraj Cintula, a 71-year-old man arrested at the scene of the attack, was charged Thursday with attempted murder. Local media reports claim that Cintula, a poet and former security guard, told police hed planned the attack a few days before it unfolded, and that he was motivated by disagreement with government policies. Interior Minister Matú utaj Etok said Wednesday that early information indicated the assassination attempt was politically motivated, though he did not give a precise motive.
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'No Wonder They Shot Him': Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares Wild Conspiracy Theory (Original Post)
Celerity
May 16
OP
Maybe. But I wonder how he feels about gun control now? Send MT to bodyguard him.
marble falls
May 16
#2
I can't take her seriously because she looks a character from Wallace and Grommet ...
marble falls
May 16
#4
SWBTATTReg
(22,433 posts)1. mtg is worthless as usual. And mouthy as usual, w/o any actual facts.
marble falls
(58,332 posts)3. "Facts schmacks, who needs 'em, I gotta sound byte/photo op going on here!"
marble falls
(58,332 posts)2. Maybe. But I wonder how he feels about gun control now? Send MT to bodyguard him.
marble falls
(58,332 posts)4. I can't take her seriously because she looks a character from Wallace and Grommet ...