Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Parkland shooting was ‘false flag’ event in resurfaced Facebook comments

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has received backlash after a series of controversial Facebook comments resurfaced. The comments seemed to agree that the Parkland school shooting, which killed 17 students and faculty members in 2018, was a “false flag planned shooting.”

On a post Greene shared in 2018 about Scot Peterson, a school police officer who retired with his pension after being criticized for actions he took during the shooting, someone commented, “It’s called a pay off to keep his mouth shut since it was a false flag planned shooting.”

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