Idea: GOP Should Rebut Pelosi's COVID Theater with Their Own 'State of the Union' in Free Virginia
Guy Benson
Posted: Feb 03, 2022 8:01 AMOn March 1st, President Biden will travel down Pennsylvania Avenue and address a joint session of Congress, sort of, in his first State of the Union address. Though technically not a SOTU, Biden also delivered a low-rated and utterly forgettable speech last spring before a sparsely-attended gathering of mask-wearing members in the House chamber. Speaker Pelosi and company decided that COVID-related social distancing required severely limiting the capacity, even though all members of Congress had been given access to vaccines by that point. Democrats were accused of engaging in 'COVID theater,' but they were in charge and got their way. The resulting optics were strange, and the most memorable part of the evening was Sen. Tim Scott's strong GOP rebuttal. With the Omicron wave rapidly receding and the country's appetite for a return to normalcy stronger than ever, Democratic are reportedly seeking to once again severely limit attendance at the upcoming event:
Each party may be allowed to invite just 25 House members to attend President Biden's State of the Union Address in person, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told colleagues on Tuesday. The possible restrictions are yet another reminder the nation is still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. The president is slated to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1; attendance for his address to a Joint Session of Congress last April also was capped...McCarthy told members of the Republican leadership that Pelosi told him she was instituting a 25-member attendance cap, two sources in the room told Axios. McCarthy and other Republican leaders were frustrated by the declaration. McCarthy noted Democrats fly on planes with more people than they planned to allow on the floor, a person in the room told Axios...A Pelosi spokesman said no final decisions have been made.
more
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2022/02/03/idea-republicans-should-reject-pelosis-covid-theater-and-hold-their-own-state-of-the-union-in-virginia-n2602768
