President Joe Biden tore into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for insinuating that the hurricanes battering the southeast United States, far from being natural phenomena, were actually manufactured by the federal government. Such misinformation, he said, risks further endangering lives and provoking division as his administration works to mitigate damage and send relief to affected areas.
“It’s so stupid. It’s got to stop, moments like this, there are no red or blue states,” Biden said at virtual briefing Wednesday about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall in Florida later that evening. He began the briefing with an overview of the hurricane's projected path before addressing comments made by Greene and her conspiratorial allies, which earned ridicule and condemnation by Florida Republicans as well.
