A Texas congressman has proposed altogether tuning out President Joe Biden for the remainder of his term, going a step beyond House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s (R-MN) idea to ban him from future State of the Union speeches.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) said in a phone call Monday afternoon that his GOP colleague “had a point” on rethinking Biden’s future attendance at the annual speech given GOP concerns Biden’s remarks were too divisive.
Gonzales said he and some voters have chosen to “go a step further” and ignore what Biden says going forward following a particularly hostile speech earlier this month.
“I stopped paying attention to what Biden has to say. I think a lot of Americans have,” Gonzales told the Washington Examiner.
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol
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