(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Sunday that her television was hacked the night before, suggesting that someone or something is spying on her.
“Last night in my DC residence, the television turned on by itself and the screen showed someone’s laptop trying to connect to the TV,” she said on Twitter.
Greene referenced the age-old trope of whistleblowers and other government dissidents dying mysteriously. She stressed that’s she’s not suicidal, nor does she have any health problems.
“I’m very happy. I’m also very healthy and eat well and exercise a lot. I don’t smoke and never have. I don’t take any medications. I am not vaccinated. So I’m not concerned about blood clots, heart conditions, strokes, or anything else. Nor do I have anything to hide,” she said.
“I just love my country and the people and know how much they’ve been screwed over by the corrupt people in our government and I’m not willing to be quiet about it, or willing to go along with it.”
Last night in my DC residence, the television turned on by itself and the screen showed someone’s laptop trying to connect to the TV.
Just for the record:
I’m very happy.
I’m also very healthy and eat well and exercise a lot. I don’t smoke and never have. I don’t take any…— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) June 25, 2023
Greene then linked to a CBS article titled, “Your smart TV might be spying on you, FBI warns,” which reported on how smart televisions are comparatively easier to hack than computers or phones.
“At the low end of the risk spectrum, they can change channels, play with the volume, and show your kids inappropriate videos,” the article said, quoting a statement from the FBI. “In a worst-case scenario, they can turn on your bedroom TV’s camera and microphone and silently cyberstalk you.”
Even though the FBI and other government agencies have the technological capacity to hack smart televisions—and even though they have a well-documented history of spying on members of Congress—mainstream news outlets still downplayed Greene’s concerns. Newsweek noted that Greene’s allegations about her television “play into her previous conspiracy theories about the government spying on her.”
Greene’s comments come as former CBS journalist Sharyl Attkisson continues to sue the government for allegedly hacking her devices. Attkisson is the reporter who broke numerous stories on the Obama-era Operation Fast and Furious scandal, which entailed the ATF purposely allowing firearms dealers to sell marked weapons illegally with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels.
Attkisson said she discovered she was hacked after noticing “anomalies” on her personal devices.
When she had her home and devices inspected, an investigator found that someone had attached an extra fiber optics line to her cable box.
“However, when we later went to retrieve the cable for examination by a trained specialist, it had been removed and was gone,” she said in a recent affidavit, outlining the spooky scenario. “I telephoned the Verizon technician daily to ask if he had returned to the house and retrieved the cable, but he never returned any of our calls.”
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
