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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrew Feinberg

Marjorie Taylor Greene shares photoshopped image of Robert Crimo while pushing baseless shooting claims

Screenshot / Twitter / The Hill / Emily Brooks

Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted to spreading a photoshopped photo as she doubled down on a series of baseless claims about the mass shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

The Georgia representative, a first-term congresswoman who is known for promoting outlandish conspiracy theories, began her bizarre assertions hours after the shooting on Monday when she suggested that suspected gunman Robert Crimo’s rampage could be blamed on illicit drug abuse or the side effects of commonly-used antidepressants.

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