President Joe Biden took credit for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s underhanded bragging about his first term from a viral Twitter one-liner to a full stand-up bit, laughter and some applause Thursday during a speech in Philadelphia.
“As you may have noticed – apparently 40 million people were watching – Marjorie Taylor Greene, the very conservative lady from the state of Georgia, said, “Biden does things like Roosevelt,” Biden said as he toured the Philly Shipyard.
“I had never had an endorsement from her,” joked the 46th president.
Biden was at the Philly Shipyard, talking to workers and promoting his administration’s efforts to invest in clean energy jobs.
Speaking July 16 at the conservative Turning Point Action conference in Florida, the far-right congressman said said Biden has worked to finish what President Franklin D. Roosevelt started and what President Lyndon B. Johnson “expanded” by investing in social infrastructure and environmental programs.
“Programs for education, medical care, urban issues, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, unions, and he’s still working on them,” Greene said.
Soon after, her comments appeared on Twitter, the White House responded, “Caught us. President Biden is working to make the lives of hard-working families easier.”
Then Biden turned her comments into one campaign ad on Tuesday and added a line to her speech that said, “I approve of this message.”
In Philadelphia on Thursday, Biden linked his deadpan speech on Greene to observations that many in the Republican Party are going back to their state and taking credit for funding that their Democratic colleagues supported but voted against.
Biden and Greene have fought before. Greene has entered articles of impeachment against Biden twice and, on Wednesday, Greene showed nude photos of the president’s son, Hunter Biden, before a House Oversight Committee hearing.
Greene’s office did not immediately respond to JS’s request for comment.