Greene Melts Down and GOP Gets Caught Lying During Biden's State of the Union: A Closer Look

-The Republican Party is facing blowback for booing President Biden during his State of the Union address last night after he pointed out that several Republicans had proposed cutting Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greene stood and screamed in a fur coat, like a Real Housewife who wasn't allowed into a re

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show. But other than that, the Republicans had a pretty good night. To learn more about this, it's time for "A Closer Look." ♪♪ You may remember that after Donald Trump's rogues' gallery and fools were destroyed in the midterm elections, the big takeaway for Republicans was to simply be normal.

That was basically his "Clear eyes, full heart, can't miss." Trump and his MAGA allies in the Republican Party hand-picked a group of flashy oddballs, like vampire enthusiast Herschel Walker; Pixar villain Kari Lake; and Dr. Oz, fugitive from Area 51, who campaigned... campaigned for the Senate in Pennsylvania by wandering the produce aisle, complaining about the price of crudité at a grocery store he called Wegners, which doesn't exist . Of course, the strangest part of that video was always the fact that he took sauce to make a crudité. Who puts sauce on his crudité? It's like a college sophomore preparing hors d'oeuvres for a date.

Do you want some Funyuns with your crudité? Maybe something from Franzia. I have a January Chardonnay. That's a very good month. So after those candidates lost, Republicans spent the next few days lamenting how strange their party had become and pleading with Republicans to go back to being normal. -The Republican Party needs to do a very deep introspection in the mirror right now, because this is... this is an absolute disaster for the Republican Party. -We have attracted more cartoon characters and, if someone who speaks at a rally with a president or a presidential candidate is better known as a pillow salesman, then go to heaven. "Okay, but if that pillow salesman is Mike Lindell, no matter how far you run, you'll never be out of reach of his voice." True story: They say if you listen closely, you can even hear Mike Lindell yelling about voting machines when you hold a shell to your ear.

Look. -Take a machine, open it and

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there. - You did it... You did great! Arguably the first big test of whether the Republicans could demonstrate that they were a normal governing party was in the presidential vote in January, a test they failed miserably, after it took 15 rounds to elect Kevin McCarthy as their new president and one of his members attempted to physically attack another in the House of Representatives, leaving this infamous photo of a Republican congressman held by his face, so he could not hit a colleague. It

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ed as if he had just arrived at a house party and discovered there was sauce in the crudité. "That's an affront to God, you son of a bitch!" So Republicans didn't pass that test, but they got a second chance to get it right during President Biden's State of the Union address.

All they had to do was sit there and listen and not go crazy. Just be normal! Unfortunately, it appears that some of them skipped their electroshock therapy because they spent the night booing and shouting incoherently from the back rows, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was seen shouting and pointing fingers in a white fur coat, like a Long Island dance mom. she about to receive the final warning from her. "Ma'am, how many times do we have to tell him to sit down?" How many times do I have to tell my Kaylie to follow your damn steps? Why is he wearing a white fur coat to the

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She looks like an old rapper's first wife. That said, we probably shouldn't have been surprised that Greene decided to act like an obnoxious weirdo at the State of the Union, given that, just hours before the speech, she posted a video of herself walking the halls of Congress while holding a single white balloon, in what I assume was supposed to be some kind of

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ment about Joe Biden's handling of the alleged Chinese spy balloon. I mean, look at her. It seems like a sweet 16 party was thrown and no one showed up. Maybe they all went to the other Shakey's house.

Now, Biden gave them plenty of opportunities to be normal. A series of what should have been bipartisan applause lines followed, but new Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, sitting behind Biden for the first time, pretended he refused to stand or applaud. In fact, McCarthy couldn't even bring himself to applaud when Biden simply condemned the January 6 insurrection and said good things about democracy. -Two years ago, democracy faced its greatest threat since the Civil War and today, although bruised, our democracy remains unbreakable and intact. -That's the face of a guy who knows that, every time he applauds Joe Biden, his phone call from Donald Trump lasts 11 minutes longer.

And somehow the ringing also

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louder when he calls? Oh! Hello, Mr. Trump. How does my ringtone change? Did you know? Let me go back to my other phone. -Take a machine, open it and look there. - I knew that calling you again was a mistake, but I couldn't change the script. It was also... I thought, the first time, you'd do better and we'd call again, but then... I couldn't tell them that... So, anyway, it was fine. You did very well both times. No, we won't need it... We won't need it tomorrow. Now, Biden definitely took...

There's no one there. Now, Biden definitely criticized Republicans, no doubt, like when he touted his bipartisan infrastructure bill and said he would even fund projects in districts where Republican members of Congress voted against the bill. -I want to thank my Republican friends who voted in favor of the law and my Republican friends who voted against it as well. But they still... they still ask me to fund the projects in those districts too, but don't worry. I promised I would be a president for all Americans. -Oh! -We will finance these projects and see you at the inauguration! -That is a very, very Biden line. "I'll see you at the inauguration." I'll hold your hand, I'll kiss your baby, I'll take your wife in my Stingray.

I will have so much fun. In fact, Biden actually leaned into economic populism in his speech, addressing things that the vast majority of Americans hate, like absurdly high insulin prices, surprise medical bills, high concert prices jacked up by Ticketmaster, and Junk fees at banks and airlines. At one point, he even said that he wanted to eliminate surprise fees at hotels. -I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges you and

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away with it. Not anymore. We have drafted a bill to stop it all. It's called the Junk Fee Prevention Act. We're going to ban surprise resort fees that hotels charge on your bill.

Those rates can cost up to $90 a night at hotels that aren't even resorts. I mean, you know Joe Biden has stayed at a Motel 6, hoping for better accommodations. These aren't even resorts, folks. There is no water slide, no golf course, and you have to pay for continental breakfast. Plus, those metal chairs by the pool give me waffle thighs. And that focus on economic populism is what led to the night's big moment, when Biden criticized Republicans for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare and threatening to hold the country hostage over the debt ceiling unless that the Democrats consent.

This drew a lot of Republican boos, including that moment we showed you earlier with Marjorie Taylor Greene. -Instead of making the rich pay their fair share, some Republicans... some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to go away. I'm not saying it's a majority. Let me tell you... Anyone who doubts this, please contact my office. I'll give you a copy. I'll give you a copy of the proposal. -You're a liar! That means that Congress does not vote... -Liar! -I'm glad to see you. I'm not saying that's the majority of you. I don't even think it's significant... -Don't talk anymore. -But it is being proposed by individuals.

I will politely not name you, but some of you are proposing it. -Well, first of all, on a split screen with these two, I'm definitely less inclined to believe the lady that she's dressed like she's leaving her entire fortune to her cat. "Oh, that's right, you can all laugh at me now. Oh, laugh, Marjorie. But when I'm gone, you'll get nothing, nothing, you hear me? Mr. Poppenscotch, on the other hand, will live like a King! Let's go , Mr. Poppenscotch. Why are you scratching me, renegade? You want to stay with them? Fine! I'll bury myself with that!

Besides, it's generally not an effective tactic to debate the only guy in the room with a podium and a microphone. , especially when you have to shout from the back row without a microphone. It was like watching a rap battle between Eminem and Shy Ronnie. Classic "SNL" -♪ Talk ♪ -When you shout from the back, you look like a crazy person shouting at the bus driver because refused to leave you at the racetrack. And Greene isn't the only one who made a big show of disagreeing with Biden. There was also Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who pretended to be completely confused as to what Biden might be referring to when he said that He would not allow the country to default on its debt if Republicans demanded cuts to safety net programs. -We are not going to let them threaten us with stopping paying the debt if we do not respond.

Friends. -Sorry, are you really confused or are you just acting like you're on an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"? "You said you'd cut Medicare, Larry!" Ah... I don't think he did it. "Yes, you did, Larry!" It's not true, Rosie. "Yes, it is, bald!" And... ...in the case of Mike Lee, it would be true because he campaigned to eliminate Medicare and Social Security when he first ran for the Senate in 2010. -Good! -Listen Listen. -Um... -I'm sorry. -I mean, it's crazy to admit that on camera in American politics. Have you ever been to a polling place? Half the people there are on their way to collect a Social Security check.

I have two messages. I guess it will be a nap day. It's almost as bad as complaining about the price of the sauce for your crudité. This is my reaction to learning that Mike Lee called, on camera, to eliminate Social Security. And he's not the only one. Senators Rick Scott and Ron Johnson introduced plans that would end Social Security and Medicare by subjecting them to regular votes on cuts, and Georgia Republican Congressman Rick Allen said he would raise the retirement age because, he claims, people increase. to him and tell him that they want to work longer. -Mm-hmm? -Yeah. -No, that's bad.

If people want to work longer, you don't need to give them an incentive because they already want to do it. You need incentives for things people don't want to do, like working longer because you made up that story. As far as I know, the only person who really wants to work longer is Joe Biden. Everyone thought that guy was going to quit after being vice president at the age of 74, but he watched Obama do it and said, "Hey, I'd like to have the hardest job in the world and do it until I'm 80." Also, I heard that They bring you free balloons." And honestly, who can blame Biden for wanting to stay when these are his opponents?

Biden prospers compared to the current era of Republicans. Remember, Biden ran for president twice and never came close. He ran against Trump, boom, he's in the Oval Office. The beginning of his speech last night was nothing special, but then these lunatics started booing and you could see him licking his lips and everyone thought, "Okay, Grandpa came to play." These guys make Biden look like a Harlem Globetrotter, although jogging isn't exactly his strong suit. If only he had had Marjorie Taylor Greene's balloon, he could have floated up the stairs. Biden couldn't have asked for a better contrast than the one he got last night: a screaming lady in a white fur coat and a party that blatantly lied about his support for cutting or suspending programs that Americans overwhelmingly support.

Biden applauded while McCarthy had an impassive face and Greene stomped her feet so hard that she was... -Groundbreaking. -This has been "A

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