Amid the turmoil at home, politicians of both parties have turned anti-China tones higher, as if a new Cold War could somehow ease domestic anxieties.When Biden tried to blame the Republicans for the United States’ poor handling of the debt ceiling, social security and Medicare issues, he was booed by Republicans several times. Far-right and "Trumpist" figurehead Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted that he was a liar, and several Republican lawmakers and state-level officials publicly criticized and even mocked Biden’s remarks.