A newly elected congressman proved how easy it is to troll corporate media with a Maryland hotel rant about sports, George Washington, air conditioning, and an “AOC Green New Deal thing.”
Less than two weeks after a special election and less than a week after being sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Georgia Rep. Clay Fuller (R) was already getting coverage. However, it wasn’t proposed legislation that was going viral, but rather about his stay in a Maryland hotel, where the air conditioning allegedly shut off as an energy-saving standard.
Spoken with all the seriousness of John Belushi’s Bluto in “Animal House,” he asked, “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” Fuller addressed the camera to recount, “So I had to stay in a hotel in Maryland for work, and I wake up and it is blazing hot in my room. So the A/C’s out. So I go to the front desk, and I was like, ‘Hey, sir, the A/C’s out. Can you send anybody down to my room to help fix it?'”
“He said, ‘Well, it’s not that it’s broken. You have to understand that there’s an AOC Green New Deal thing, where if you’re not moving in your room, the A/C just basically shuts off on its own,'” further stated the congressman who won the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In sharing the video, Fuller captioned the post, “Just stayed at a hotel in Maryland for work. Turns out their AC units shut off while you sleep as part of some new woke Green New Deal nonsense. It’s a terrible policy that’s making their state like Europe. Just one example of why the’ve never won an SEC Championship.”
Just stayed at a hotel in Maryland for work.
Turns out their AC units shut off while you sleep as part of some new woke Green New Deal nonsense.
It’s a terrible policy that’s making their state like Europe.
Just one more example of why they’ve never won an SEC Championship. pic.twitter.com/iihDbQAzFk
— Clay Fuller (@Clay4MainStreet) April 19, 2026
Of course, given the natural inclination of leftists to presume stupidity on the part of Republicans, reactions proved they’d been bamboozled as Maryland’s absence from the Southeastern Conference wasn’t the only reality that the congressman took liberties with.
As he joked that the air conditioning unit should have already been in “VIP mode” because he is from Georgia, Fuller contended, “Georgia is named after George Washington, who quite literally invented freedom.”
He also suggested that Venezuela-born Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was born in Georgia before closing, “Let’s not be like Europe, Maryland. Let’s double down on freedom. Let’s double down on liberty. And let’s double down on being awesome.
While the satirical account Three Year Letterman celebrated the like-minded humor, posting “My influence is spreading,” it was clear that Fuller’s post had sent many a snowflake into meltdown at the same time as those who caught on to the fun piled on with suggestions like, “As for turning into Europe, that is vicious slander. I can assure you that no Marylander knows how to drive in a roundabout.”
My influence is spreading https://t.co/wvMdPZo9Vk
— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) April 19, 2026
Sooo many false statements in one post. Nice start to a career in MAGAt politics. lie, lie, lie, exaggerate, lie, and then say something stupid. Right on brand! SMH
— Vince Brotherton (@vincebro34) April 20, 2026
Our state sport is jousting, our state flag is the best flag in the world, And we invented the National Anthem. Show some respect.
As for turning into Europe, that is vicious slander. I can assure you that no Marylander knows how to drive in a roundabout.
— 2AWoke (@2AWoke1) April 20, 2026
You are now a U.S. Congressman. Why are you looking and acting like a frat boy? My god. Grow up and act like a man. And bone up on your Maryland history. What a clown
— American Patriot (@looknforward12) April 20, 2026
He caught one Coach pic.twitter.com/PneyisINaR
— Sam Thomas (@SamuelDAThomas) April 20, 2026
This is incredible satire, classically Georgia, fit for @3YearLetterman and yet also a profound sentiment about the landscape we face here in Maryland. Hat’s off…(Except for the attack on lacrosse – leave that alone.)
— Justin Ready (@JustinReady) April 19, 2026
Don’t tempt me…
— Clay Fuller (@Clay4MainStreet) April 21, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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