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Marjorie Taylor Greene spreads the lie that monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease, insinuating that gay “groomers” are giving it to kids

Blankets: possible monkeypox spreaders

Christian nationalist congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is spreading an insidious lie about monkeypox. On Saturday, she Tweeted this:

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Monkeypox is spreading in the US, mostly among gay men. Some people find this hilarious

We had a chance to control monkeypox. It’s been around for a long time, so it’s pretty well understood. It’s not that contagious. We have tests and vaccines for it. But the sluggish official response to the disease has lost us many of the advantages we had, and we could see a major outbreak soon, starting in the gay community and spreading out from there.