Over the weekend, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) caught flak online after saying Monday's eclipse and Friday's New York-area earthquake were signs from God telling people to repent. Instead of folding to public criticism, MTG doubled down.
On Friday, an earthquake shook the New York region, which infrequently experiences such incidents. (RELATED: Report: Earthquake Felt Across Northeast)
On Monday, people across the country will witness a total solar eclipse, a rare phenomenon that is next slated to occur in two decades.
In a post on Friday, Greene wrote that “God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens.”
A community note was added, providing links to government resources.
“Earthquakes happen all the time, all around the world, we can follow them realtime using USGS resources,” it stated. “Eclipses are not random, they follow strict mathematical rules and can be predicted centuries before they happen. NASA has a site listing eclipses until the year 3000.”
On Sunday, MTG responded to the onslaught of backlash saying natural phenomena like eclipses and earthquakes are “signs for those of us who believe.”
“Many have mocked and scoffed at this post and even put community notes,” Greene said in Sunday morning's post on X.
“Jesus talked about that in Luke 12:54-56,” Green continued. “Yes eclipses are predictable and earthquakes happen and we know when comets are passing by, however God created all of these things and uses them to be signs for those of us who believe.”
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