Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is telling the American public to arm themselves in the wake of a mass shooting in Austin, Texas that U.S. officials are linking to terrorism.
On Sunday, Greene shared a disturbing and graphic video showing the immediate aftermath of the Austin shooting, which left three dead and 14 wounded. A gunman fired on people near Buford’s beer garden in Austin’s entertainment district around 2 a.m. The FBI is investigating a potential terrorism link to the shooting.
Police responded in less than a minute. They shot and killed the gunman.
Greene linked the shooting on President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint military strike on Iran yesterday.
“Trump and Netanyahu go to war against Iran and then there was a horrific mass shooting that the FBI is saying could be terrorism,” she wrote on X. “Not what we voted for. Nope. I was there.”
She predicted that more violence against American citizens was on the way.
“Everyone needs to start carrying because it’s all changed. None of this has to happen,” she wrote. “America LAST.”
On Saturday afternoon, the Associated Press, citing a source, reported that the suspect in the bar shooting was wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design.
“Suspect in Texas bar shooting wore clothing that said “Property of Allah” and had Iranian flag design,” the AP reported, citing an anonymous law enforcement source.
That report has not been confirmed by law enforcement.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Saturday that Trump had been briefed on the shooting. She also said he’d spoken to leaders of Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
Greene later called on both Vice President JD Vance and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to “speak out against the war in Iran.”
“People are paying attention, very close attention. Silence won’t cut it. You were both on record repeatedly, publicly, and loudly against going to war with Iran. Our friend, Charlie Kirk was adamantly against war with Iran,” she wrote on X. “You cannot be silent. Americans are dying.”
In 2019, Gabbard ran in the Democratic presidential primary and included in her messaging warnings against going to war with Iran, among other nations. Her campaign sold “No War in Iran” t-shirts, and she on multiple occasions called for the U.S. to avoid going to war.
Vance, in 2023, made a post expressing regret for supporting the war in Iraq, in which he had served, and said he hoped that the U.S. had learned its lesson about entangling itself in unncessary wars.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said on Sunday that the suspect drove a large SUV around the block in Austin before lowering a window and firing a handgun. The suspect then parked the vehicle, exited, and continued shooting with a pistol and then later a rifle.
Responding officers fired on the shooter and killed him.
FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran said during a press conference that it is “still way too early in the process to determine an exact motive,” but noted that there were “indicators that on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism.”
Greene added that both Vance and Gabbard know that they did not sign on with Trump to fight regime change wars.
“You both know this is not what we campaigned for and this is 100% what we said would not happen. We said, I said, you said: NO MORE FOREIGN WARS AND NO MORE REGIME CHANGE,” she wrote. “All we wanted was America FIRST. This is not it.”
Neither Vance nor Gabbard have commented publicly since the attack on Iran.
On Thursday, Vance assured The Washington Post that even if Trump attacked Iran, it would not result in a drawn-out war like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,” he said.
