How Black women coined the 'say her name' rallying cry before Biden's State of the Union address
Hard-line Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt to Thursday night’s State of the Union address that carried a seemingly simple message: Say Her Name
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER
Published - Mar 08, 2024, 07:50 PM ET
Last Updated - Mar 08, 2024, 07:50 PM EST
Marjorie Taylor Greene wore a T-shirt to Thursday night's State of the Union address that carried a seemingly simple message: Say Her Name.
The hard-line Republican congresswoman from Georgia, who was decked out in a red MAGA hat and other regalia, borrowed the phrase from Black racial justice activists who have been calling attention to the extrajudicial deaths of Black women at the hands of police and vigilantes.
However, Greene used the rallying cry to successfully goad President Joe Biden into saying the name Laken Riley, a nursing student from Georgia whose death is now at the center of U.S. immigration debate. An immigrant from Venezuela, who entered the U.S. illegally, has been arrested in Riley's case and charged with murder.
