From Fox News:
Seating for President Biden’s first joint address to Congress will be very limited Wednesday night, so many lawmakers will be skipping the event.
Instead of 1,600 people crowded into a House chamber for a regular State of the Union address, just 200 people will be attending Biden’s first marquee event before Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday.
Some lawmakers have balked at the coronavirus restrictions and social distancing mandates put in place, especially since the 535 members of Congress have long had access to vaccinations.
Meanwhile, other GOP lawmakers are frustrated that Pelosi invited Biden to speak when the House was out of session and they already made plans for events in their home districts.
Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are among the GOP senators who will not be attending.
Cotton and Hawley said they are deferring to the more senior members of the Senate given the limited space constraints, whereas Rubio also raised concerns about the coronavirus rules.
“I will not be attending, and one of the reasons why is the ticket numbers have been really limited; they’re making people sit in the gallery,” Rubio told “Fox and Friends” Tuesday.
The Florida senator also called out inconsistencies with the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions at the Capitol, dubbing it “silly season.”
“It’s interesting — when it came to coming together to impeach Donald Trump for the second time after he was out of office, they put 100 senators in the same room sitting just inches apart for hours at a time over five or six days,” Rubio said. “Apparently COVID was not an issue then. But now, of course, for something like this we can’t have that many people in the room sitting next to each other. So it’s kind of silly season here.”
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BIDEN in NEW HAMPSHIRE: ‘What You Do Here in Iowa is Going to Set the Tone’
Former Vice President Joe Biden left audience members scratching their heads in New Hampshire over the weekend; confusing the northeast state for Iowa -approximately 1,000 miles away.
“The primary race for the United States presidency… You have an incredible obligation, not to me at all, but to yourselves. What you do here in Iowa […] is going to set the tone,” said Biden before correcting himself.
“New Hampshire, the primary in New Hampshire,” he added.
Joe Biden says he is in Iowa when he is actually in New Hampshire.
Iowa and New Hampshire are 1,000+ miles away from each other.pic.twitter.com/Fh3Nl02fde
— Tommy Pigott (@TommyPigott) December 8, 2019
Biden made a similar mistake earlier this year; confusing New Hampshire for the neighboring state of Vermont.
“I’ve been here a number of times…I love this place. Look, what’s not to like about Vermont in terms of the beauty of it?” Biden told reporters.
Biden, who is in New Hampshire, thinks he is in Vermont
At some point, the media is going to have to stop calling this "gaffes" https://t.co/Dhno1WN2rU
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 24, 2019
BIDEN in MISSOURI: ‘We Cannot Get Re-Elected… Excuse Me… We Can Only Re-Elect Donald Trump’
Former Vice President Joe Biden continued his gaffe-filled campaign over the weekend in Missouri; telling a crowd of confused supporters he “cannot get re-elected” but can “only re-elect Donald Trump.”
“Turn this primary from a campaign that’s about negative attacks into one about moving forward. Because we cannot get re-elected… Cannot win this re-election… Excuse me… we can only re-elect Donald Trump,” Biden told the bewildered audience.
I finally agree with Crazy Uncle Joe – "We Cannot Win This Re-Election; We Can Only Re-Elect @realDonaldTrump " pic.twitter.com/clg22wrLoa
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
Fox News host Sean Hannity called out his network colleague on social media over the weekend over his coverage of Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden; saying a candidate’s “mental toughness” to hold office is “critical” during the 2020 election.
“I always criticize liberal commentators for saying things like ‘President Trump is mentally ill’ and ‘President Trump has psychosis and he’s narcissistic and all that,’ so I do think it was unfortunate that some commentators on Super Tuesday — Brit Hume, Marc Thiessen, people I respect — said Joe Biden is senile or getting there,” said ‘Media Buzz’ host Howie Kurtz.
“Certainly he’s forgetful with his memory lapses and you can question his performance,” he added.
“Howie you host a ‘media’ show. Please feel free to report on any of the topics I just mentioned : Quid pro quo Joe Ukraine shake down, media mob ignoring zero experience Hunter, media ignoring Joe’s gaffes, etc. No charge for the ideas,” fired-back Hannity on social media.
.. When someone repeatedly forgets what day it is, what state they are in, seems to be regularly confused, that needs to be discussed as part of a normal vetting process… https://t.co/ZDVVcP1YhQ
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
…”We are endowed by the thing, you know the thing”? That thing Howie is God the creator of EVERYTHING.
Are you saying Howie that all of these “moments” are not at all alarming to you?? Thanks, but no thanks for the for lectures. https://t.co/ZDVVcP1YhQ
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
The media mob ignores 1-Quid Pro Quo Joe Ukraine shake down with taxpayer $$
2-The media mob ignores zero experience Hunter and millions he made with Burisma, China and other countries.
3- The media mob Ignores Joe’s alarming almost daily Gaffes like “it’s” not happening….
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
4- The media mob Ignores the failed Obama Biden foreign policy (Iran) and they ignore their failed economic policies—an unmitigated disaster for the country…
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
.. 5- The media mob ignores that millions of Americans lost their Drs, health plans and EVERYONE is paying a lot more for healthcare.
..— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
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6- The media mob Ignores Obama and Bidens H1N1 swine flu failures. #FakeNewsMediaMob#RadicalDemocraticSocialistStateTV
— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
Howie you host a “media” show. Please feel free to report on any of the topics I just mentioned : Quid pro quo Joe Ukraine shake down, media mob ignoring zero experience Hunter, media ignoring Joe’s gaffes, etc. No charge for the ideas. #TeamFoxNews
.@HowardKurtz— Sean Hannity 🇺🇸 (@seanhannity) March 8, 2020
“Howie, being the President of the United States of America is the Hardest job in the world. Whether any candidate has the physical strength, the stamina, the focus and mental toughness needed to do this job is critical,” he added.
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