‘I Chewed Them Out’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Talks About Tense Briefing on Chinese Balloon

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) explained how she addressed officials during a briefing on the suspected Chinese spy balloon that entered U.S. airspace.

Greene told The Hill, “I had to wait in line the whole time. I was, I think, the second to last person, and I chewed them out just like the American people would’ve.”

She added, “I tore ‘em to pieces.”

One lawmaker who attended the briefing shared how the exchange between Greene and officials turned tense.

“When she got to ask questions, she was yelling out saying ‘bullsh*t,’ and, you know, ‘I don’t believe you,’” the lawmaker told the outlet.

The lawmaker claimed it was “just screaming and yelling, irrational in my estimation.”

Greene expressed how Republicans were disappointed with the administration’s decision to wait to shoot down the balloon.

“I said the president may be a Democrat but he’s still the president of the United States and they made him look like a fool and made him look weak the week before the State of the Union — I’ve said that publicly, too — by not shooting it down,” Greene said.

She added, “And I said there was nothing I heard there today that gave me any confidence in what they did.”

When asked about how others reacted to her remarks, Greene said, “They tried to give me some more excuses and I said, ‘I don’t want to hear more of your excuses.'”

The Republican explained, “He said, ‘well it’s a matter of opinion.’ I said ‘no, you’re nothing but excuses and it’s wrong and I’m just telling you, this is how the American people see it and it’s a serious problem.’”