As part of her opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid package, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a slew of amendments to the bills Wednesday, including one that directs funding for the “development of space laser technology on the southwest border.”
That’s correct: The Georgia Republican — whose reputation was wounded early in her congressional career when Media Matters unearthed her previous claim that space lasers caused a wildfire in California — put forward what appears to be a proposal for the U.S. to use said space lasers to secure its southern border.
Greene also suggested that Israel already has this space laser technology.
“I’ve previously voted to fund space lasers for Israel’s defense,” Greene wrote Wednesday night in a post on X. “America needs to take our national security seriously and deserves the same type of defense for our border that Israel has and proudly uses.”
Israel has some of the best unmanned defense systems in the world.
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. pic.twitter.com/oDeDqTXvQQ








