Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene carried a white balloon ahead of the State of the Union - CBS News

Republicans boo Biden's comments on the debt ceiling, Medicare and Social Security02:34 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene carried a white balloon around Capitol Hill ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday — a stunt meant to express concern about the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was spotted over the United States and shot down in the Atlantic Ocean last week.

"President Biden isn't afraid of balloons, he allowed China to traverse the United States with a Chinese spy balloon, gather intel from all of our military bases, our food factories, our cities, our critical infrastructure, send it back to China, before shooting it down on February 4," she said.

While many people speculated Greene would bring the white balloon to the State of the Union address, she arrived without the prop in hand.

On Saturday, balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast with a single air-to-air missile launched from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

Ahead of the State of the Union, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters that members of Congress will not take part in "childish games" during the address.

During former President Donald Trump's final State of the Union, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously tore up a copy of his speech she had been provided.