Spencer Cox, Marjorie Taylor Greene
Gov. Spencer Cox, left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, right, in a composite image.
  • A Republican governor hit back at Marjorie Taylor Greene's call for a "national divorce" in the US.
  • Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called Greene's rhetoric "destructive" and "evil."
  • This isn't the first time Greene has called for the break up of the US. She did so in December.

When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the breakup of the United States on Presidents' Day, it was met with swift condemnation from her usual political opponents.

But members of her own party also pushed back. Utah's Republican governor called the rhetoric "destructive and wrong and — honestly — evil."