Watch MSNBC's Chris Hayes explain conservative media’s “bizarre conspiracy theory” that hurricanes are being sent by the government to influence the election
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From the October 8, 2024, edition of MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes
CHRIS HAYES (HOST): We've known for decades our planet is warming, that we would start seeing the brutal effects, but conservatives are so deep in their denial, they're flailing around for anyone else to blame.
Republican Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is now like a big mover-and-shaker in the Republican Party, is promoting a bizarre conspiracy theory about a mysterious "they," you can imagine who that is, controlling the weather, suggesting that they are sending hurricanes to Republican areas to impact the election, like someone is sitting at some computer somewhere pressing hurricane. And it's not just her. She's now being amplified by right-wing media and the Republican nominee himself.
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Their behavior in the face of this dire consequence, of this impending one-two punch in the southeast should serve as a wake-up call to everyone stuck in here reality about the very real stakes of this election.