{"id":938171,"date":"2021-10-29T16:13:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938171"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:13:52","slug":"fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-send-this-tweet-about-convictions-and-flimsy-circumstantial-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-send-this-tweet-about-convictions-and-flimsy-circumstantial-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Send This Tweet About Convictions And \u2018Flimsy Circumstantial Evidence\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-send-this-tweet-about-convictions-and-flimsy-circumstantial-evidence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLady1961\/status\/1453364268959735811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> allegedly shows Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeting about \u201cflimsy circumstantial evidence\u201d and not recognizing \u201cthis America.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2159090909091\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMTG<\/a> sounds to me like you are confessing here. Keep it up, this is making other\u2019s work easy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kd0En55tza\">pic.twitter.com\/Kd0En55tza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SassyLady1961 (@SLady1961) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLady1961\/status\/1453364268959735811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Greene sent the tweet. A spokesperson for Greene confirmed it is fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet, supposedly sent by Greene Oct. 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLady1961\/status\/1453364268959735811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a>, \u201cPeople can\u2019t really be convicted on such flimsy circumstantial evidence as \u2018having a similar gait\u2019 or \u2018owning the identical shoes\u2019 or being in DC and not having an alibi for that time\u2019 can they?! I don\u2019t recognize this American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any evidence Greene sent or deleted the tweet. Searching the congresswoman\u2019s verified Twitter accounts \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RepMTG<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mtgreenee<\/a>\u2013 yielded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=circumstantial%20evidence%20(from%3Amtgreenee%20OR%20from%3ARepMTG)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no matches<\/a> for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politwoops<\/a>, an archive of public officials\u2019 deleted tweets that\u2019s operated by ProPublica, shows <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/RepMTG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no record<\/a> of her deleting the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Tweets from Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/twitter-suspends-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-again-covid-19-tweets-n1274446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have previously<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/10\/tech\/twitter-marjorie-taylor-greene\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-poll-b1937229.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">headlines<\/a>. If she had actually sent the message, it likely would have prompted coverage from media outlets.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/16\/fact-check-marjorie-taylor-greene-scrub-matt-gaetz-twitter\/\">(RELATED: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Scrub \u2018All Things Matt Gaetz\u2019 From Her Twitter Account?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Dyer, a spokesperson for Greene, told Check Your Fact in an email the tweet is a \u201ctotally fake doctored image\u201d and blamed \u201cBlueAnon conspiracy theorists in the Democrat Party\u201d for its creation.<\/p>\n<p>A story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently published<\/a> by Rolling Stone claimed some organizers of the Jan. 6 \u201cStop The Steal\u201d rally were in contact with Greene, other members of Congress and staffers beforehand. Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/578251-jan-6-protest-organizers-say-they-communicated-with-conservative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/578251-jan-6-protest-organizers-say-they-communicated-with-conservative&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635596251383000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2hXHX3Gg8M5Oqnh_cVFOxx\">denied<\/a> the allegations in a statement to The Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Twitter allegedly shows Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeting about \u201cflimsy circumstantial evidence\u201d and not recognizing \u201cthis America.\u201d To @RepMTG sounds to me like you &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}