Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday made an explosive, unfounded claim about an explosive, unfounded rumor about an explosive, unidentified person before — like most X users who spread the claim — quickly having to walk back or retract it.
Greene, in a post on X at just after 8 AM in D.C., cited “news reports” to claim that a supposed ABC whistleblower set to expose collusion between the network and the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris had died.
“The ABC whistleblower who claimed Kamala Harris was given debate questions ahead of the debate has died in a car crash according to news reports,” she said.
The supposed whistleblower has been touted for days on X and other social media, including prominently on Truth Social by Donald Trump , who believes ABC News is “under investigation” for the debate, which he continues to claim was unfair and rigged while also saying he won.
About three hours, 9,000 retweets, and many conspiracy theories about Democrats killing people after sharing the erroneous rumor, Greene posted a follow-up that the story “appears to be false.”