# Marjorie Taylor Greene — Facebook, November 17, 2018 — "Jewish space lasers" The **November 17, 2018 Facebook post** — written before Greene held office — speculating that the deadly [[2018 Camp Fire]] was started by a space-based solar generator beaming energy to Earth, tied to "Rothschild Inc." The post, surfaced by [[Media Matters for America]] in late January 2021 just as Greene took her House seat, earned the satirical shorthand "Jewish space lasers." Greene did **not** use that phrase; the antisemitism is in the Rothschild conspiracy frame, not those words. This file captures the post as artifact — its content, its 2021 resurfacing, and its role in mainstreaming conspiracism inside the GOP. The paired Quote file [[Marjorie Taylor Greene - laser beam from space]] carries the verbatim excerpt. ## Artifact properties | Property | Value | |---|---| | Posted | 2018-11-17 (pre-office) | | Surfaced | Late January 2021 (Media Matters; she had just been seated) | | Deleted | Later removed (CNN reported dozens of 2018–19 posts taken down, Jan 2021) | | Account | Marjorie Taylor Greene, Facebook | | Claim | Space solar generator / "laser or light beam" tied to PG&E, Solaren, "Rothschild Inc." started the fire | | Shorthand | "Jewish space lasers" — critics' coinage, not Greene's words | ## Why it matters as a Social Post **1. The resurfacing is the news event, not the original post.** The 2018 post sat dormant for over two years; its significance is the January 2021 *surfacing*, days into Greene's congressional term, which forced a national reckoning with how far QAnon-era conspiracism had penetrated the elected GOP. As an artifact, the post is a time-capsule whose detonation date is what matters — a property the Quote can't fully center. **2. The Rothschild frame is the antisemitism.** This entry documents the mechanism by which a "space laser" curiosity is actually a vehicle for a centuries-old antisemitic trope. The factual treatment lives at [[Antisemitism]]; the popular "Jewish space lasers" label is a paraphrase, flagged as such. **3. Conspiracy-to-Congress pipeline.** It is a clean primary document of fringe material migrating into mainstream Republican leadership — Greene later became a close [[Donald Trump]] ally and committee member. ## Related entries - [[Marjorie Taylor Greene - laser beam from space]] — paired Quote (verbatim excerpt) - [[2018 Camp Fire]] — the fire she speculated about - [[Antisemitism]] — the Rothschild trope - [[Media Matters for America]] — surfaced the post in 2021 - [[Facebook]] — the venue ## Followup TODOs - **Capture archive_url** — Wayback / Media Matters captures (original post deleted). - **Confirm the precise deletion date** if a primary source pins it.