Joni Ernst: 'We Want to Stop' Biden From Delivering the State of the Union
By: Alex Griffing Load Comments (Mediaite)
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Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported on President Joe Biden's new strategy to try and win over critics on Monday and noted that some Republicans are trying to stop Biden's State of the Union address, which the administration hopes will be part of a reset for the president.
"If voters are concerned about President Biden's age, there's nothing he can do to get any younger, but he can start to lean more heavily on younger members of his team," Doocy began before playing a clip from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on a weekend show.
"I'm going to be on the road even more. You're going to see the president continuing to be on the road. And look, we've also got to work with partners on the ground to make sure that their residents connect the dots," Buttigieg said.
Doocy then noted a recent statement from the Biden administration, "We are also told by the White House comms director we are fanning out aggressively, not only on Thursday, but in the weeks ahead to reach Americans where they received the news with the president's message about whose side he's on."
"But there are actually lawmakers right now actively trying to prevent the State of the Union from happening," Doocy added, rolling a clip of Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Fox Business from earlier in the day.
Ernst said, "It is unfathomable that we do not have a national security strategy from the president, nor do we have his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. And because of that, we want to stop him from actually delivering the State of the Union."
"And there was some reporting over the weekend by NBC News that the Biden team is hoping to limit his appearances in front of large groups because they are worried about pro-Palestinian protesters interrupting him. He's going to have a huge crowd on Thursday night, and it's not unprecedented for lawmakers to interrupt a president's State of the Union. Joe Wilson did it in 2009," Doocy noted.
Watch the full clip above via Fox News.
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Maybe little Mikey Johnson can sit in his high chair behind the president and rip up the speech
I certainly hope so.
Only political junkies watch this waste of air time
Maybe wipe his greasy ass with it, though that may be redundant to some.
Biden published his National Security Strategy in Oct 2022;
The FY 25 Def Budget Rollout is this week, making him about one month late. Given that Congress still hasn’t passed a FY 24 Budget and are over 5 months late, not too bad.
Oh if only they could bar her stupid butt from the State of the Union Address (which will go on as scheduled). These are paid/elected PROFESSIONALS and this is the shit they waste time on - get real!
And I want to be clear, I don't like talking about girls or women in this manner (above) but I have had enough of all the bull-patty that seeks to keep shit rolling and roiling around the clock! It's a big turn-off.
I think I will skip Biden's campaign speech, I will catch the highlights the next day on the internet.
Same here.
As she proves repeatedly, Joni Ernst is incredibly stupid. Maybe she and Marjorie Taylor Goon can take turns yelling at Biden.
He hopes so. He can reply to hecklers with some scripted zingers to help make the case that his isn’t too old.
Yep, his handlers are probably going to be biting their fingernails and praying he can stay on script!
She does not have to be there: Just "boycott" and go picket somewhere like on the steps of the Capitol or in front of the White House with the crowds of others!
Politics. I am finally beginning to see why people do not want to be bothered with the annoying people in congress; they are pathetic, small, and insincere. I will leave it up to the readers, plural, to determine which side is the biggest of this problem.
In Joe Biden's case it is more and more like the "Misstate of the Union".
What is the over/under on the number of times the retarded liberal democrats jump to their feet to clap at what the senile old fool says at the state of the union no matter how inane or stupid?
I actually would be thrilled if presidents quit doing the speech, but the step of Congress stopping him is a little weird. He does have a Constitutional obligation to report on the State of the Union. It doesn’t have to be in the form of a speech, but blocking him from doing it in the way he chooses is arguably unconstitutional.
The Republicans could stay home, other than that I don't know what would be their mechanism of blocking it
The good news is that with older/elderly presidents. . . they won't want/like to stand up too long. Additionally, it has been explained that President Biden has stenosis of the spine (Arthritis) in his background and it is the reason he walks so stiffly or old-like.
I guess the republicans can't all do a not show without it looking like a protest of some kind!