Marjorie Taylor Greene's Solar Eclipse Post Gets Brutal Fact-Check

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was fact-checked on her social media post on Friday about the upcoming solar eclipse.

The total solar eclipse, which is when the moon completely passes over the sun creating darkness during daylight hours, will be observed in North America on Monday. The eclipse's path will move across Mexico, parts of the United States, and a small part of eastern Canada. The total eclipse will last up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds in some areas.

Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, "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."

The congresswoman's post then got hit with a community note, which is a small blurb below a post that gives readers added context and typically disputes the X user's claims.

"Earthquakes happen all the time, all around the world," the community note read. "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."

Newsweek reached out to Greene's office via email for comment.

On Friday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Whitehouse Station, part of Readington Township, in New Jersey, and rattled parts of the Northeast. Shaking was felt throughout the region, including New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania and as far as Maine.

Greene, a Christian known for her far-right views, has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration's policies, particularly when it comes to the handling of the migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. She has also previously called for a "national divorce" between red and blue states.

Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, also spoke out against Greene's post.

"Fun fact. There are about 3 solar eclipses worldwide per year, and many earthquakes. Both events were predetermined at the creation of the universe," he wrote on Friday. "The solar eclipse is not a sign. It's just a really cool show, if the clouds cooperate. This lady is in congress?"

Kinzinger, who is currently a CNN senior political commentator, has been critical of far-right Republicans. He, along with former Representative Liz Cheney from Wyoming, were the only two Republicans to sit on the January 6 committee—a House select committee tasked with investigating the events surrounding the riot of Donald Trump supporters that erupted at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election win.