Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) picked the wrong person to heckle during a House debate on citing former Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for contempt of Congress, and video of her getting verbally eviscerated has quickly gone viral on social media.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) was speaking in favor of holding Navarro and Scavino in contempt and referring them to the Justice Department for prosecution when Greene began shouting, The Independentreports:
As Mr. Raskin called on the House to hold them in contempt, he was heckled by the Georgia Congresswoman, who shouted “What about the Russia collusion?”
That was all it took for Raskin to shut Greene up by reminding her that she and her party are fond of defending anything related to Russia:
“The gentlelady I think said something about ‘the Russian hoax, or ‘Russian collusion.’ I accept the heckling, Mr. Speaker. That’s alright. Because if she wants to continue to stand with Vladimir Putin and his brutal, bloody invasion against the people of Ukraine, she is free to do so – and we understand there is a strong Trump/Putin axis in the gentlelady’s party.”
Raskin then added:
“If she wants to continue to stand with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that is her prerogative.”
As one Twitter user noted after posting video of the Raskin-Greene confrontation:
“They’re gonna need a broom & dustpan to sweep up whatever’s left of Marjorie Taylor Greene after Jamie Raskin obliterated her.”
They’re gonna need a broom & dustpan to sweep up whatever’s left of Marjorie Taylor Greene after Jamie Raskin obliterated her. pic.twitter.com/OF04vu3VkH
Fox News host Harris Faulkner got hit with a dose of factual reality when she tried to make fun of President Joe Biden’s poll numbers.
Nomiki Konst, a progressive Fox contributor, was the guest, along with former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA,) for segment on former President Barack Obama’s return to the White House on Tuesday.
When Faulker suggested that Obama was back in an effort to boost Biden’s polling, Konst reminded her:
“President Biden got 81 million votes. He has received more votes than any presidential candidate in the history of our country. I think he’s pretty popular. That’s it.”
Faulkner asked:
“Have you seen the polls?”
And that’s when Konst hit the Fox host with a reminder about the pathetic polling results Trump received during his four years in office:
“That number, his poll right now is the highest Donald Trump ever reached in polls. So you might want to check those numbers too.”
When Faulkner asked if Konst had seen “all the polls,” the guest replied:
“81 million votes.”
Rather than try to counter Konst with any facts or data, Collins finally spoke up and whined:
“Here we go again! It’s just amazing. You know, I would hate to go to lunch with you because all you know to talk about is, I want the hamburger and by the way, Trump made a worse hamburger.”
But here’s what Collins failed to address: So far, Biden has held a polling average of 48%, according to Gallup. Trump, on the other hand, had an anemic polling average of 39% during his term in office.
Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of this country. It’s just that simple.
During a House hearing on Tuesday with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made a fool of himself by suggesting that the Defense Department is wasting taxpayer money on teaching “socialism” and diversity to U.S. troops.
When Gaetz made the bogus socialism claim, Austin immediately pushed back, remarking:
“Well, I certainly don’t agree with embracing socialism.”
Rather than let the Defense Secretary finish his remarks, Gaetz interrupted and went off on a rambling, fact-free rant:
“My follow-up question, if we don’t embrace it, why did the National Defense University put out a statement saying in this talk he will argue that the right answer lies in ending Western arrogance and promoting a new egalitarian horizon on a global scale, a new form of ecological and post-colonial socialism? So why would we invite people we don’t agree with to evangelize views and values that we don’t share at the National Defense University when we should be learning strategy about how to combat our enemies and make assessments that are accurate?”
Austin attempted to explain that the military often studies possible new strategies and better ways to prepare members of the armed forces, but yet again Gaetz refused to let Austin finish his remarks:
“Mr. Secretary, I’ve shared with you the context. The context wasn’t to better understand socialism so we can defeat it, the context wasn’t learn about it so that we can offer countermeasures. The concept was that it’s time for socialism, and the reason I know that’s the context is because the lecture was pulled from a book written entitled Time for Socialism.”
When Austin tried to get more information about what Gaetz was referring to, the congressman refused to let him speak:
“I control the time. You guys have been blowing a lot of calls lately on matters of strategy, Mr. Secretary. You guys told us that Russia couldn’t lose, that the Taliban couldn’t immediately win. I guess I’m wondering, what about the $773 billion that you’re requesting today is going to help you make assessments that are accurate in the face of so many blown calls?”
The Defense chief did manage to get a barb in at Gaetz, telling him:
“The fact that you’re embarrassed by your country. That’s what you’re saying.”
That led Gaetz to accuse Austin of being too interested in diversity:
“Maybe we would be better at home if the National Defense University actually worked a little more on strategy and a little less on woke-ism. That was baked into your flawed assessment. I saw that the Obama administration tried to starve our military and it seems the Biden administration is trying to starve our military by force-feeding it woke-ism.”
“Woke-ism” is not a thing. It’s a buzzword created by right-wingers who are looking for ways to attack the men and women of the U.S. military while simultaneously claiming they support the troops.
They also claim that anyone who disagrees with them hates the United States. But the real hatred is theirs, and they cannot stand when someone dares to disagree with their bigoted, narrow-minded view of the world.
Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene got pelted with furious backlash after she viciously attacked three GOP senators who announced they would vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.
According to Greene, the three senators — Lisa Murkowski (AK), Susan Collins (ME) and Mitt Romney (UT) — are “pro-pedophile” simply because they will support Brown’s confirmation.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 5, 2022
Many who saw Greene’s disgusting tweet noted that they had reported her to Twitter for violating its terms of service. Others reminded her of the company she keeps.
The present and future of the GOP. She's the base and it'll get worse. Also, she just said her Republican colleagues are pro-pedophile. Between her and Cawthorn's orgy-gate, they're doing an awesome messaging job for Democrats who couldn't message to save their lives. https://t.co/6cYk1kkRh4
One of your BFFs is married to some scumbag she watched expose himself to underage girls at a bowling alley, Three Names. He even went to jail for that.
And the other one is currently under investigation for sex trafficking minors.
“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it.” – Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/dj72Wlt9Di
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy was taken to the woodshed today and then shut down with facts by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when he asserted that kindergarten students in Florida were receiving sex education.
Doocy made reference to Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law that completely prohibits any discussion of sexuality for young students attending schools in the Sunshine State:
“Does the White House support that kind of classroom instruction before kindergarten?”
That led Psaki to respond with a question of her own:
“Do you have examples of schools in Florida that are teaching kindergarteners about sex education?”
Doocy could only whine:
“I’m just asking.”
The press secretary then explained why she had asked for specifics instead of speculation:
“I think that’s a relevant question because I think this is a politically-charged harsh law that is putting parents and LGBTQ+ kids in a very difficult, heartbreaking circumstance. And so, I actually think that’s a pretty relevant question.”
Fox's Doocy on "Don't Say Gay" law banning identity discussion in K-3: "Does the White House support that kind of classroom instruction before kindergarten?"
WH Press Sec. Psaki: "Do you have examples of schools in Florida that are teaching kindergarteners about sex education?" pic.twitter.com/MIAxWOaZWY
It most certainly is a relevant question, if only because what Doocy asked is utterly irrelevant unless he can prove that the Florida law was needed because kindergarten-age kids were being taught about sex in the first place. They weren’t.
The Florida law serves only one purpose: To create a fake issue that Republicans can try to run on since they have no actual ideas about how to make the state of Florida or the country better.