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Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Disturbing Comment Appearing To Mock Reporter’s Foreign Accent

Marjorie Taylor Greene this week attacked the accent of a journalist.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is under some fire for mocking the accent of a reporter who asked a question last week in a White House press briefing.

In the briefing, which followed the deadly plane crash in Washington, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked a question about staffing at the air traffic tower on the night of the crash. The reporter was Sonia Dridi, a French reporter for France 24 who is a veteran journalist with a respectable body of work.

Greene, in posting about the clip on X, saw it fit to attack the reporter’s foreign accent.

“How about that accent from that reporter? I think we need to throw out all the foreign press! American media first!,” Greene said in the post.

Dridi, the reporter, ripped Greene for the mockery:

(And she issued it in French as well):

It’s never been particularly unusual, or remarked-upon, for reporters from other countries, or with foreign accents, to cover the White House or appear at White House briefings.

The White House Correspondents Association has not issued any statement on the matter. Strangley, the WHCA has only issued one press release since Trump returned to office, while the association has not sent an X post since December, when it acknowleged the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.

Greene, though, was ripped across social media for the statement.

French reporter Sonia Dridi asked Karoline Leavitt a question.

Marjorie Taylor Greene made a comment about her accent.

She then suggested that all foreign press be thrown out of WH press conferences.

So much dumb.

And for Americans, it’s really f*cking dangerous dumb.

— daughterofmrandmrss (@nosregis.bsky.social) February 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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