The State of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
April 16, 2025.
"There's no reason for screaming, yelling, ridiculous
outrageous protesting. That disrupts the event for every single person that is
there," Greene said.
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“In a city that loves political pomp and circumstance, there’s no more elaborate display than the annual State of the Union address,” NBC New said in a preview of the 2018 event.
The formal basis for the State of the Union Address is from Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution, which says the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
“Each year, before a joint session of Congress, the president
fulfills his or her constitutional duty,” Senate.gov says. “Presidents George
Washington and John Adams delivered their messages in person, but in 1801
Thomas Jefferson chose to send his in writing. That precedent held until
Woodrow Wilson decided to deliver his message in person in 1913, a tradition
that continues today. Franklin Roosevelt referred to it as the "State of
the Union Address," a title that became official during the Harry Truman
administration.”
Republican Marjorie Taylor Green has been the US Representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district since 2021.
In March of 2022, “Reps. Marjorie
Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., repeatedly interrupted and
interjected during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address,” ABC News
reported.
During the February
2023 State of the Union Address, “President Biden was about midway through a
speech of about 7,218 words when a Republican lawmaker tried to shut him down
with a single one: “Liar!’” the NYT said. “It was Representative Marjorie
Taylor Greene of Georgia”
In
March of 2024, “The far-right representative from Georgia with a history of
interrupting the president at the State of the Union, shouted at Mr. Biden
about crimes committed by undocumented migrants, leading him to go off script,”
NYT said.
"There's no reason for screaming, yelling, ridiculous outrageous protesting. That disrupts the event for every single person that is there," Greene said following her April 15 Town Hall meeting according to Newsweek. She added they should, "handle their business in the voting booth."
At the meeting, police tased two protesters. A total of nine
people were ejected, three of whom were arrested.
“After the event, Greene told reporters she was ‘very
thankful’ how police handled the protests, calling the attendees ‘out of line’
and saying ‘this isn't a political rally or a protest’,” Newsweek said.
People Magazine reported Greene went on to reference Kilmar
Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was accidently deported to El Salvador, saying
that a protester was removed “just like that illegal alien.”
Notes
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https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/63-159?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Photo Source:
KnowYourMeme.com / original via C-SPAN.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/biden-state-of-the-union.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/us/politics/laken-riley-sotu-biden-marjorie-taylor-greene.html
https://acworthtourism.org/directory-things_to_do/listing/acworth-community-center/
https://people.com/2-protestors-tased-others-removed-at-marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-11716162
Hey John, I don’t know if you read TPM already, but Josh Marshall has a similar history-based approach to current events as you do. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotus-can-let-the-president-break-the-law-they-cant-change-it
ReplyDeleteAnd he’s not tooooo liberal!