Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) said there is no evidence to suggest that the government is manipulating the weather after deadly flooding in his home state.
“To the best of my knowledge, there is zero evidence of anything related to anything like weather modification,” Cruz said at a press conference on Monday. “The internet can be a strange place. People can come up with all sorts of crazy theories.”
At least 87 people were killed in the catastrophic flooding over the July 4th weekend in Texas including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp.
Cruz’s comments came after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday she plans to introduce a bill aimed at tackling “weather modification.”
“I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense,” she wrote in a post on X.
“I have been researching weather modification and working with the legislative counsel for months writing this bill,” she added.
Greene said the legislation would resemble Florida’s Senate Bill 56, which makes it illegal for individuals to practice geoengineering and weather modification by imposing a $100,000 fine and a five-year prison sentence.
Greene made headlines just last year when she suggested Democrats were able to “control the weather” in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
President Joe Biden slammed Greene at the time for peddling “irresponsible” and “beyond ridiculous” falsehoods.
