Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade told Republicans to behave during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, saying, “It’s not England.”
During Fox News’ Fox & Friends Thursday, the show’s hosts discussed Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address and the possibility of Republicans interrupting, as Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did in 2023.
The high-profile address may be Biden’s only chance until the Democratic National Convention in August to make a case for his reelection before millions of voters.
Steve Doocy, a Fox & Friends co-host, read a New York Times report on-air that said, citing aides for Biden, the president is prepared for any interruptions or heckles from Republicans during the joint session of Congress.
Kilmeade then said House Speaker Mike Johnson “should not rip up the script,” as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did after Donald Trump’s State of the Union in 2020.
“I think Republicans should behave themselves,” Kilmeade said. “There’s no reason to yell out. It’s not England.”
The U.K. Parliament has long been characterized by its vociferous debates. Lawmakers, representing both the government and opposition, are assembled in two aisles and are known for their spirited exchanges, often punctuated by shouting and robust displays of dissent or support.
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Thursday evening, Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C.
“Each year, before a joint session of Congress, the president fulfills his or her constitutional duty to ‘give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union’ (Article II, section 3),” the Senate website says.
In 2023, Biden’s State of the Union speech was interrupted several times by Greene, who yelled “liar” at one point while the president said Republican officials wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare.
“People are pissed off and for the president of the United States to come into the people’s House and lie like he did about the economy, the border and then act like he’s terrified of China and unwilling to talk about the fact that they spied on us last night, yeah,” Greene said the morning after the speech. “What am I going to do, stand up and give golf claps? No thank you I don’t clap for liars.”
Former President Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday that he would be doing a “LIVE, Play by Play, of Crooked Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address.”
“I will correct, in rapid response, any and all inaccurate Statements, especially pertaining to the Border, and his Weaponization of the DOJ, FBI, A.G.s, and District Attorneys, to go after his Political Opponent, ME,” Trump wrote.
Republican Representative Jim Banks sent a letter to the White House this week, calling on Biden to say the name of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old University of Georgia student who was found dead in February. Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national, was arrested in connection with Riley’s death. Ibarra was in the U.S. illegally and was previously arrested in New York but released.
“You have a great opportunity to respect the wishes of Laken Riley’s mother by breaking your silence and saying her name at the upcoming State of the Union address on Thursday, March 7, 2024,” Banks wrote in the letter.
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