Republican Florida state Rep. Carlos Gimenez said that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA), a fellow Republican, needs to have her head examined for suggesting that Democrats created recent hurricanes in order to harm southern and coastal states.

In October 3, Greene wrote on X, “Yes, they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Though she didn’t explain who “they” refers to, her vague post was widely seen as promoting a conspiracy theory as it’s impossible for humans to create hurricanes on demand. X users added a community note to Greene’s post that said, “Hurricanes and other large storms cannot be produced with modern technology.”

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Greene seemingly doubled-down on her claim by reposting a meme listing numerous patent numbers for weather-related devices. Patents are merely registered ideas of inventions with are not proof of them actually working. A community note added to Greene’s meme says, “These patents can’t ‘control the weather.’ Most are absurd and lack practical relevance.”

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Nevertheless, Greene made another X post touting “proof” of her claim in the form of a video of Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan talking about small-scale innovations to curtail climate change. In the video, Brennan didn’t say anything about the government being able to produce massive natural disasters.

Fed-up with Greene’s antics, Rep. Gimenez re-posted Greene’s initial claim on X on October 9th and commented, “NEW FLASH —> Humans cannot create or control hurricanes. Anyone who thinks they can, needs to have their head examined.”