Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wasn't part of the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address, but she tried to be. In her own SOTU response video, she ranted against everything President Joe Biden stands for, Newsweek reported.
Republicans have been criticized as the "party of no," for the past two Democratic presidents, columnist Nicholas Goldberg noted in the Los Angeles Times. Greene brought that to a whole new level Tuesday night after the big speech. While many Republicans gave Biden standing ovations over bipartisan initiatives and cheers for America, Greene struggled to find anything she liked. Instead, she sought to rant against Democrats in a 30-minute, conspiracy-laden, word-salad for the Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Greene was one of two Republicans, with Lauren Boebert, who attempted to heckle Biden during the speech, drawing boos from both sides. While Biden addressed the international coalition he's worked to build to help Ukraine, Greene maintained, "under President Trump, this [war] would have never happened. For four years, our country had a real leader that led America and the entire world to peace for strength."
Greene didn't clarify how Trump would have prevented the war, however, or clarify how Trump is stronger. The international community has praised Biden, making it clear that there's no way Trump could have crafted the coalition that Biden worked months to build.
The congresswoman hurled insults, calling Biden "a mentally incompetent, feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap."
Her speech came after she was triggered into making a video on the right-wing site Gettr. "Joe Biden, you are not a president. You are a piece of s*it," she said.
Greene went on to rant about Afghanistan, falsely claiming "thousands of Americans" were still stuck there. As of Jan. 11, that number was closer to 80. On Feb. 1, Qatar reached a deal with the Taliban to restart the flights and evacuations.
She then claimed that Biden was "compromised" by foreign leaders due to the conspiracy theory about his son's laptop. Biden, she said, is working for "anyone, anywhere that has blackmail evidence on his sexually deviant drug-addled deadbeat dad pathetic, sorry, embarrassing excuse of a son."
Newsweek noted: "Fox News' Tucker Carlson also promised to reveal 'authentic, real and damning' documents regarding Hunter Biden's business dealings in China and the Ukraine, which he later claimed were lost in the mail."
Greene has been criticized this week after she spoke at a white supremacist conference where Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler were praised from the podium. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took the rare opportunity to rebuke her and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) promised to give her another "talking to." But according to Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), it's Republicans like Greene who are actually running the caucus now.
See the complaints from angry Americans below:
@RepMTG you need a 5150 has generally worried that you are threat to yourself and others..this is unhealthy and unhingedhttps://twitter.com/acyn/status/1498880011444523011\u00a0\u2026— Ephiny Vega \ud83c\udf77P\ud83d\udd96 #OGPopokian (@Ephiny Vega \ud83c\udf77P\ud83d\udd96 #OGPopokian) 1646229759
Just saw Marjorie Taylor Greene mouth that Joe Biden is "a fucking idiot" in response to that lower costs not wages line.— Matt Fuller (@Matt Fuller) 1646188403
ICYMI: A summary of Empty Greene's "America First" response to President Biden's State of the Union Addresspic.twitter.com/PS2Q6FTrrD— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Monty Boa \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Monty Boa \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1646226622
I\u2019m excited for the response when Marjorie Taylor Greene waves a confederate flag around while wearing a shoe for a hat, firing pistols in the air and screaming about how the squirrels are out to get her breakfast.— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko) 1646189234
Marjorie Traitor Greene will deliver an \u201cAmerica First\u201d response to the State of the Union Address tonight. \n\nIt remains to be seen which white supremacist group she will be addressing.— KD \ud83d\udcda\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@KD \ud83d\udcda\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1646178891
Marjorie Taylor Greene delivering the disgusting America First response tonight, will be like toasting sobriety with a shot of whiskey— jonathan slater (@jonathan slater) 1646183405
Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s response to the State of the Union was reprehensible.\n\nI will not let Representative Greene embarrass the state of Georgia any longer.\n\nOn November 8th, I will unseat her.— Marcus Flowers (@Marcus Flowers) 1646196562
Lauren Bobert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are the Republican Party. \n\nIt's not Mitch or McCarthy or Portman or any of the "grownups"...\n\nThey're the atavistic reality of the Troll Party.— Rick Wilson (@Rick Wilson) 1646195001
Kevin McCarthy is not the GOPLeader. Marjorie Taylor Greene is the GOPLeader. Sebastian Gorka is Greene\u2019s White Supremacist America First mentor!— m. a. dubins (@m. a. dubins) 1646222975
Unfortunately too many don't put country first. They say America first but always put their cult leader and party above it. \n\nWe need a lot more people like Kinzinger and get rid of divisive trouble makers like Boebert and Greene.— steve porter (@steve porter) 1646229334
Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s response to the State of the Union was reprehensible.\n\nI will not let Representative Greene embarrass the state of Georgia any longer.\n\nOn November 8th, I will unseat her.— Marcus Flowers (@Marcus Flowers) 1646196562
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene can eat shit.— Mayo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Mayo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1646205110
She\u2019s talking to you, Boebert and Greene.https://twitter.com/maryltrump/status/1498865834294493190\u00a0\u2026— Dana Goldberg (@Dana Goldberg) 1646195224
Just remember, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are BOTH failed Explore Talent \u201cactresses\u201d in other words they\u2019re GOP ops.— Sandi Bachom (@Sandi Bachom) 1646200688
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert acted like they were on an episode of Jerry Springer and not in Congress. \n\n#Disgracefulpic.twitter.com/aehz7OMEqv— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan Rinaldi) 1646202289
The word "classy" also has the word "ass". She is a giant one. Optics are off-the-charts as she's surrounded by flags and white supremacist "America First" logos while reading like every propaganda "newsreader" robot behind an iron curtain. \nMarjorie Taylor Greene is NOT America.— RollWithIt (@RollWithIt) 1646218027
Don't forget that Marjorie Taylor Greene was a speaker at #AFPAC on Saturday where there was applause for Hitler and she put out a 14-tweet thread about her belief in white nationalist neo-Nazi America First ideology.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1498862444097282052\u00a0\u2026— Victoria Brownworth Democracy Matters (@Victoria Brownworth Democracy Matters) 1646200982
The Republican audience at last week's America First Political Action Conference, featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar as speakers, chanted "Putin, Putin, Putin".— Jim Beatty (@Jim Beatty) 1646198710
