garrett, i want to ask you about marjorie taylor green, over the weekend, you had a young republican gala in new york city and she seemed to be bragging about how good she would be in overflowing the government. here is what she said. then january 6th happened. and i will tell you something, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. not to mention, it wood have been armed. the white house obviously thinks this is a slap in the face to law enforcement officers and greene s response says the white house needs to know how sarcasm works, my comments were making fun of joe biden and the democrats who have continuously made me a target since january 6th. garrett? marjorie taylor greene went on to add that this was a second amendment commentary, that democrats only like guns when they are used to defend the security guard as a celebrity or
tries to wiggle out of it by saying it was a sarcasm or a joke but the white house is not buying it. this is what andrew bates, the spokesperson for joe biden had to say earlier today. it goes against our fundamental values as a country for a member of congress to wish that the carnage of january 6th had been even worse, and too boast that she would have succeeded in an armed insurrection against the united states government. this violent rhetoric is a slap in the face. and we asked marjorie taylor greene s office today to try to explain exactly what she was saying during this speech to a group of young republicans in new york city over the week, and this was her response. the white house needs to learn how sarcasm works. my comments were making fun of joe biden and the democrats, who have continuously made me a little target since january 6th. of course, we know, hallie, that even if she were joking, that there were, there was no one joking on january 6th, and that there were people h
here s part of pit. the white house needs to learn how sarcasm works. my comments were making fun of joe biden and the democrats who have continuously made me a political target since january 6th. let s discuss with our national reporter for the new york times, and scott jennings. gentlemen, welcome to you both. scott, let me start with you. your response and reaction to the official comment, and now, i was just kidding? yeah. only marjorie taylor greene in an effort to disavow something could make it worse. let s take her at her word that it was sarcasm. this is a terrible joke. we would have won what? what would you have won on that particular day? i mean, none of this makes any sense. it was, at best, tasteless, and at worst, sort of a further threat, you know, like, hey. this could have been justified. i find this whole episode to be incredibly problematic. frankly it s and it s problematic for republicans who i m sure are being asked about