Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is pushing for the creation of a space laser to defend the U.S.-Mexico border. Yes, really.
The MAGA congresswoman, who has notoriously made bizarre comments about “Jewish space lasers” in the past, called for the technology in a proposed amendment to a bill that would provide funding for Israel during its war against Hamas in Gaza. “By the funds made available by this Act, such sums as necessary shall be used for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border,” the text of her amendment reads.
“Israel has some of the best unmanned defense systems in the world,” Greene wrote in an X post Wednesday. “I’ve previously voted to fund space lasers for Israel’s defense. America needs to take our national security seriously and deserves the same type of defense for our border that Israel has and proudly uses.”
It’s not clear what previous space laser funding she was referring to. The bill to which she proposed her amendment would include $1.2 billion for Israel’s Iron Beam defense system—a not yet operational high-energy laser defense system designed to intercept rockets and mortars. But the Iron Beam is not a space-based system.
Greene, who last month filed a motion oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, separately introduced an amendment on a bill offering aid to Ukraine in its defense against Russia. The amendment would require any member of Congress who voted to pass the aid package “to conscript in the Ukrainian military.”
“I mean if you want to fund the war, why don’t you go fight in it,” Greene wrote on X. “Show your support for Ukraine.”
I mean if you want to fund the war, why don’t you go fight in it.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 18, 2024
Show your support for Ukraine. https://t.co/J7JIvJgji5
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She’s a nut job! In November she will be of no significance because inmate # 1135809 will be of no significance.
Politicians who pass unConstitutional anti-gun laws that have to be expensively knocked down in SCOTUS should have to pay a price for doing that… as should those who want to send $$$Trillions to support the unneeded wars in Ukraine, Middle East, and Africa… let them participate on the front lines of those unneeded wars…
Anything that will work to protect our borders from illegal criminals is worth our investment. Enter legally, or suffer the well deserved consequences. We will save funds resulting from not supporting illegals from cradle to coffin, and preventing further criminal acts. Protecting Americans is worth every penny, they are our funds and our nation.
It seems obvious to all taxpayers that funds are being wrongly. The border wall will stop the flow of drugs which are killing thousands of our children every year. We all can see the Ukraine war is lost due to the mass resources of Russia, this war should be halted to save what remains of the country.
President Reagan’s Star Wars plan did involve space lasers, but the scientists working on the concept were well aware that blasting lasers down into Earth’s atmosphere was not efficient, and could have unpleasant consequences. His plan was to use space lasers to shoot ICBMs in the upper atmosphere, where they would be vulnerable to lasers not scattered by air. We already have other ways we could use to protect our borders, if only we were permitted to use them.