Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appears to be the victim of a prank report that led a police team to enter her house early in the morning.
In a tweet Wednesday morning, Greene wrote, “Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am.”
“I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County,” she added.
Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 24, 2022
I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County.
More details to come.
Greene’s tweet appears to be a reference to the practice of “swatting,” which Cambridge Dictionary describes as “the action of making a false report of a serious emergency so that a SWAT team (= a group of officers trained to deal with dangerous situations) will go to a person’s home, by someone who wants to frighten, upset, or cause problems for that person.”
Her tweet quickly garnered responses from conservatives.
Elijah Schaffer of The Blaze wrote, “Glad you are safe!”
Glad you are safe!
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) August 24, 2022
Meanwhile, conservative commentator David Reaboi wrote, “This is absurd. Glad you’re ok.”
This is absurd. Glad you’re ok.
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) August 24, 2022
Check out some of the other reactions below:
Defund the Floyd County Police. They botched an easy one https://t.co/K1ICBkj2zx
— Steve King 🦋 (@steveking_) August 24, 2022
This needs to stop immediately! They did this twice to my friend Stew Peters and @KandissTaylor! The FBI should do their jobs for once https://t.co/wHkQWlMg8R
— Josh Barnett-AZ (@BarnettforAZ) August 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/lavern_spicer/status/1562430220845559808
Very thankful for the local law enforcement there in Rome. Whoever did this will face the consequences of the full extent of the law. https://t.co/t1UOVML2vm
— Brian Glenn (@brianglenntv) August 24, 2022
The world has gone absolutely insane https://t.co/9G5y8FkP3R
— Alex Stein #99 (@alexstein99) August 24, 2022
The Georgia Congresswoman shared a tweet from a user who wrote, “Whoever did this to [Greene] needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. This is horrific [and] incredibly dangerous!”
Whoever did this to @RepMTG needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. This is horrific & incredibly dangerous! https://t.co/dFYJzEnp5H
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) August 24, 2022
Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon’s home in Washington, D.C., was the subject of a “swatting” incident in June.