“The Camp Fire was a horrific California wildfire that started on November 8, 2018, and burned a total of 153,336 acres, destroying 18,804 structures and resulting in 85 civilian fatalities and several firefighter injuries. The Camp Fire is the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history. Conspiracy theorists have pushed other explanations for the Camp Fire, especially on social media. One theory, which has been promoted by QAnon followers, falsely posits that a nefarious entity used laser beams or a similar instrument to start the fire for financial profit or to clear space for California’s high-speed rail system” Media Matters reports.

“Rep. Greene is a proponent of the Camp Fire laser beam conspiracy theory. She wrote a November 17, 2018, Facebook post – which is no longer available online – in which she said that she was speculating ‘because there are too many coincidences to ignore’ regarding the fire, including that then-California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) wanted to build the high-speed rail project and ‘oddly there are all these people who have said they saw what looked like lasers or blue beams of light causing the fires.’ She also speculated that a vice chairman at ‘Rothschild Inc, international investment banking firm’ was somehow involved, and suggested the fire was caused by a beam from ‘space solar generators’. ‘If they are beaming the suns energy back to Earth, I’m sure they wouldn’t ever miss a transmitter receiving station right??!! I mean mistakes are never made when anything new is invented. What would that look like anyway? A laser beam or light beam coming down to Earth I guess. Could that cause a fire? Hmmm, I don’t know. I hope not! That wouldn’t look so good for PG&E, Rothschild Inc, Solaren or Jerry Brown who sure does seem fond of PG&E.'”