{"id":1352249,"date":"2022-03-01T11:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352249"},"modified":"2022-03-01T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:18:39","slug":"these-house-republicans-are-skipping-bidens-sotu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-house-republicans-are-skipping-bidens-sotu\/","title":{"rendered":"These House Republicans Are Skipping Biden\u2019s SOTU"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthese-house-republicans-are-skipping-bidens-sotu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A few Republicans in Congress will skip President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying they will not take a COVID-19 test in order to attend.<\/p>\n<p>At least five House Republicans and one Senate Republican say they will not attend Biden\u2019s first State of the Union, many first telling the Daily Caller that they do not believe a COVID-19 test should be required to enter the chamber for Biden\u2019s address to Congress and saying it is strictly political.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, Virginia Rep. Bob Good, Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale and Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde all shared their plans to not attend the State of the Union first with the Daily Caller after Texas Rep. Chip Roy and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said they would not be attending Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Speaker Pelosi is politicizing the State of the Union to further the Radical Left\u2019s COVID-19 agenda. Members of Congress should not be subject to COVID-19 tests and social distance when it is not necessary, and the entire nation has ended most, if not all, coronavirus restrictions,\u201d Rosendale told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hollywood elite attended the Super Bowl free of COVID-19 restrictions, so why must we, sitting Members of Congress, adhere to the demands of Nancy Pelosi? Montanans knew well over a year ago that these restrictions are pointless, and it is far past time to return to normal. Hate to break it to you, Nancy, but no one is listening to you or Dr. Fauci anymore,\u201d Rosendale added.<\/p>\n<p>Good said he refuses to take a COVID test for a speech and will not attend, mentioning Biden\u2019s mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden subjected the country to life altering mandates for over a year. I will not submit to an unnecessary COVID test to attend a State of the Union only to hear this President whisper through a speech that will inevitably fail to take responsibility for the tremendous damage he has and continues to cause to our country,\u201d Good told the Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Miller mentioned Biden\u2019s low poll numbers and the fact the mask mandate was lifted just before Biden\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s poll numbers plummeted to historic lows, so the Democrats are once again changing \u2018THE SCIENCE\u2019 on masks to try and use the State of the Union as a reset. The only science the Left cares about is political science!\u201d Miller told the Caller. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/28\/humvees-patrol-national-guard-us-capitol-new-fences-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Humvees Patrol US Capitol As New Fences Go Up Ahead Of Biden\u2019s SOTU Speech)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7381822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7381822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111-620x415-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111-620x415-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111-620x415-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Photo-by-Jim-Watson-POOLGetty-Images-111-620x415-1.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7381822\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7381822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of congress as Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) look on in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim Watson \u2013 POOL\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clyde mentioned the mask mandates on the House floor and the Capitol fence that has been installed around the Capitol before Biden\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical pandemic theater has defined the last two years, and despite Democrats\u2019 attempts to conceal their hypocrisy, tonight\u2019s shenanigans for the State of the Union are not the exception to their preposterous hysteria. Just last week, the presence of my maskless face on the House floor would rack up more fines under my name, but today, conveniently in time for President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address, all members are free to decide whether they wear a mask or not,\u201d Clyde told the Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe science never changed, but the politics\u2014ahead of the midterm elections\u2014sure did. I\u2019m sick and tired of power-crazed Democrats subjecting Americans to illogical and unlawful medical tyranny, all while breaking or reversing their rules when it suits them. Forcing members to still be tested, walk through magnetometers, and socially distance just to listen to Biden\u2019s speech of spin in the People\u2019s House, that is surrounded by unnecessary metal fencing, feeds into their deranged narrative,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Capitol attending physician Dr. Brian P. Monahan said Sunday that masks will not be required inside the Capitol beginning Monday, just one day before Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>Monahan reportedly made the decision based on the current rate of positive results at the Capitol\u2019s testing center, which has dropped to 2.7%,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/27\/capitol-leaders-rescind-mask-mandate-sotu-00012167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to<\/a> Politico. House members have been required to wear masks on the House floor, and some members have been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/house-freedom-caucus-letter-cdc-director-nancy-pelosi-mask-mandate-andy-biggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fined<\/a>\u00a0for violating the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/10\/house-republicans-claudia-tenney-demand-nancy-pelosi-allow-all-members-congress-allowed-attend-joe-biden-state-of-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mandate<\/a>\u00a0put in place by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who tends to follow Monahan\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness processes such as committee hearings and other meetings should revise signage or operating statements to reflect interior space mask wear is optional and not required at this time,\u201d Monahan wrote a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/27\/politics\/capitol-hill-mask-mandate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memo<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/27\/face-masks-now-optional-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-capitol-attending-physician\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Capitol Attending Physician Announces Face Masks Will Be Optional Ahead Of Biden\u2019s State Of The Union Address)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoronavirus circumstances, the COVID19 Community Level, may change to a \u2018medium or yellow\u2019 level where select individuals resume interior mask wear and weekly serial testing while a \u2018high or orange\u2019 level would prompt resumption of the indoor mask wear requirement for all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has never had a mask mandate. The House chamber, where the address is delivered, can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/10\/house-republicans-claudia-tenney-demand-nancy-pelosi-allow-all-members-congress-allowed-attend-joe-biden-state-of-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0hold up to 950 people. During Biden\u2019s first joint address to Congress, Pelosi limited the number of members who could attend the address to 25 for both parties.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February, a group of House Republicans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/10\/house-republicans-claudia-tenney-demand-nancy-pelosi-allow-all-members-congress-allowed-attend-joe-biden-state-of-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent a letter<\/a> to Pelosi demanding all members of Congress be allowed to attend Biden\u2019s State of the Union address after they claimed she planned to limit the number of members who can go in person.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/10\/house-republicans-claudia-tenney-demand-nancy-pelosi-allow-all-members-congress-allowed-attend-joe-biden-state-of-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand Pelosi Allow All Members Of Congress To Attend Biden\u2019s State Of The Union Address In-Person)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still being forced to test, a fence is up, &amp; Americans can\u2019t visit the Capitol. While I have an obligation to be present to vote for my constituents (vs. \u2018proxy\u2019 voting), I don\u2019t have an obligation to be there for political theater,\u201d Roy said in a tweet Monday. His office then confirmed to the Daily Caller that he would not be attending.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Rubio was asked on Capitol Hill if he would be attending Biden\u2019s State of the Union, to which he said he does not take COVID-19 tests unless he has symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have time to go take a COVID test today,\u201d Rubio said, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorbobic\/status\/1498438425229336579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to<\/a> a HuffPost reporter. \u201cI only take a test if I\u2019m sick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few Republicans in Congress will skip President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying they will not take a COVID-19 test in order to attend.At least<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}