Marjorie Taylor Greene Wages Revenge After Christmas Day Tragedy

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) faced a dangerous and unsettling incident on Christmas Day. The congresswoman was the victim of a “swatting” incident, a malicious prank where an emergency service is falsely alerted to a nonexistent situation at someone’s home.

I was just swatted.

This is like the 8th time.

On Christmas with my family here.

My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn’t have to deal with this.

I appreciate them so much and my family and I are in joyous spirits celebrating the birth of our savior Jesus Christ!

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 25, 2023

This was not the first time Greene had been targeted; she reported multiple such incidents in recent days. Greene vented her frustration on X over the handling of the threats, pointing out the inadequacies in law enforcement’s response.

She specifically called out the FBI for their inability to track down the individuals responsible for the swatting calls. According to Greene, despite the FBI’s extensive resources and capabilities, they have yet to identify the culprits.

I was swatted this morning on Christmas Day and a few days ago – Thursday Dec 21st. we received this death threat where this man is saying I will be shot in the head and skinned to make a “parasol” making a reference to Gein, who was a psychopath killer who would make things out… pic.twitter.com/iW8JvOSJLa

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 25, 2023

And after today, I have been swatted 8 times but the FBI can’t seem to figure out who is responsible for the swatting and says the law doesn’t allow them to track them down.

The FBI can do so many things, has even abused FISA to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans, but can…

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 25, 2023

Swatting is a dangerous prank that involves making a false report to emergency services, typically claiming a violent crime or critical incident, to elicit a heavy police or SWAT team response to a targeted location. Recently, this tactic has been used against politicians.

Rep. Brandon Williams (R-TX) also experienced a swatting incident. The incidents are notorious for wasting law enforcement resources and can lead to serious criminal charges for offenders. A notable case in 2017 involved Thomas Finch, who was fatally shot in a swatting incident, leading to the perpetrator being sentenced to 20 years in prison.

In response to these events, Greene announced her intention to introduce legislation aimed at curbing swatting. “I will be introducing legislation to track down swatters,” she wrote. “Thank you to everyone who has sent well wishes for me and my family. I will never stop fighting for what is right and I will always put America first! No matter what or who attacks me.”