
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green’s Rome, Georgia, home was the target of a “swatting” in the wee hours of the morning on August 24. Police responded to the Republican’s home after a 911 call falsely reported a shooting at her residence, a tactic commonly known as a “swatting.”
Swatting is a vicious prank in which perpetrators phone emergency services in order to bring about a massive show of force with armed officers at an address. Police reported to Greene’s home due to a false 911 report of “a subject being shot multiple times,” according to a Rome Police Department statement posted on their Facebook page.
A subsequent 911 call said that there were children in the home.
“When officers responded they discovered this was the home of Marjorie Taylor Greene,” the statement explained. “She assured the officers there was no issue and the call was determined to be a false call commonly known as ‘swatting.’”