‘It’s Really Something!’ Jen Psaki Roasts Fox News and MTG Over Eclipse-Earthquake ‘Fearmongering’

MSNBC host and ex-Biden press secretary Jen Psaki roasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Fox News over their “fearmongering” about the solar eclipse and the minor New York/New Jersey earthquake.

Eclipse mania was everywhere Monday, but MTG and Fox News injected a bit of culture-war zazz into the mix. Greene suggested the eclipse and the earthquake are signs of the end times, while Fox News personalities connected the eclipse to the border and staring at the sun to being — not with Biden?

On Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki, Psaki hit them both — as well as former President Donald Trump — for being “all too eager to inject into anything and everything under the sun”:

JEN PSAKI: Today, millions of Americans across North America and the United States have the rare chance to watch a solar eclipse. The total solar eclipse, which has been nicknamed the Great American Eclipse for its long path over North America, was visible in 15 states and there were varying views of a partial eclipse where they were enjoyed throughout the rest of the country, including by members of our team here in D.C. and in New York.

Remember, it was only back in August of 2017 that the last solar eclipse cut across the United States. And just like today, Americans throughout the country pause their days to safely gaze at the sun through their protective shades, with, of course, the notable exception of this guy.

In past millennia, solar eclipses used to be tied to mass superstition and fear a long time ago, but now they’re instead rare moments of collective awe where people get to watch an incredible and frankly, very cool celestial event. But sometimes, even in this day and age, some folks try really hard to make it something more.

Like on Friday, the day of the earthquake that rumbled parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted this, quote, “God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens.”

I mean, I’m just going to pause on that statement for a moment because it’s just — it’s really something and you need to read it.

Now, her post was, of course, quickly tagged with a community note that pointed out that the U.S. averages about four earthquakes a day. That’s what happens. And that solar eclipses are able to be predicted well in advance, but have no fear.

Congresswoman Greene doubled down on her post, writing, quote, “Many have mocked and scoffed at this.” Correct. She noted, “Yes, eclipses are predictable and earthquakes happen. However, God created all of these things and uses them to be signs for those of us who believe.”

I mean, another explanation is sometimes these things are just coincidences, maybe. I mean, but even “Fox News” attempted to not so subtly tie the eclipse to their favorite all-time political issue.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A Fox News alert, a rare celestial event collides with a policy failure on the ground. The southern border will be directly in the path of totality today when the moon covers the sun for nearly four minutes.

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PSAKI: The funny thing is, back in 2017, the last time there was a solar eclipse in the U.S., no serious person was trying to spin it this way. But in the larger context of the language that the right is pushing seven months out from Election Day, by the way, fearmongering about invading migrants and livable cities and Donald Trump warning about a bloodbath if he is not reelected. This is just another example of the fear that they are all too eager to inject into anything and everything under the sun.

Watch above via MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki.