Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has dismissed evolution, stating: "I believe in God."
Greene, 47, took to former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon's podcast Real America's Voice to make her views known.
The subject came up when the pair began to discuss conspiracy theories about how Covid-19 originated.
It was at this point that he shared the unfounded theory that the pandemic-causing virus was created in a lab and spread deliberately.
Listen to Green reject the "so-called science" of evolution below:While the pair were discussing the possibility that Covid-19 was manmade, Bannon asked Greene if she believed in gain-of-function research.
This is a type of scientific research that can be used to alter a disease, by, for example, increasing its transmissibility.
She said that she did not, explaining: "I don't buy it because I don't believe in evolution. I don't believe in that type of so-called science. I don't believe in evolution, I believe in God."
Greene's comments about evolution did not go unnoticed on social media.
One Twitter user wrote: "Is anyone surprised that Marjorie Taylor Greene does not believe in evolution? Seriously, you can't make this crap up."
A second added: "Good morning. House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene now says she doesn’t believe in evolution. 'I don't believe in that type of so-called science.'"
To which another Twitter user wrote: "Proving her ignorance every day..."
A third joked: "I don't believe that evolution created Marjorie Taylor Greene. Looks to me like something that was created in a laboratory and escaped."
Meanwhile, a fourth wrote: "I used to believe in evolution, then I listened to Marjorie Taylor Greene say literally anything and then I realized that it never happened."
These comments about evolution come after the House voted 230-199 to remove Greene of her committee assignments because she was spreading unfounded conspiracy theories and using violent rhetoric against members of the Democratic party, per the Daily Mail.
However, this is far from the first time that Greene has expressed such a controversial opinion.
She had previously said described the school shootings at Parkland and Newtown as "false flag" operations, as per the Washington Post. She later reversed her opinion after speaking to the mother of one of the Parkland victims.
