Liveblog - ICYMI: March 07, 2024

This is brilliant https://t.co/TTOVX7FjUe

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 7, 2024

Yesterday House Speaker Mike Johnson had a closed-door conference meeting with his fellow members of the Republican party to discuss tonight’s SOTU Address.

At the meeting Johnson asked his colleagues to refrain from outlandish behavior during the State of the Union.

“Decorum… pic.twitter.com/Ml4Tzw564f

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 7, 2024

No notes.

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— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) March 7, 2024

Incredible: Donald Trump is taking it upon himself to learn all of the "new languages" coming into the United States pic.twitter.com/JqIjUy1Idi

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 7, 2024

What the fuck is she doing? https://t.co/14MqWnGYFX

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) March 7, 2024

In his “pre-buttal” to the SOTU, the deranged lunatic says that the Biden Admin is all communists, marxists, fascists and socialist who have “looted” trillions of dollars from Americans and given it all to migrants. pic.twitter.com/7V5ipDVpNx

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 7, 2024

"U.S. intelligence officials are planning to brief Donald Trump on national security matters if he secures the GOP nomination this summer — despite concerns about his handling of classified information."https://t.co/IjyQoYWQgj

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 7, 2024

I respectfully disagree. pic.twitter.com/SHIBVoXBLL

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 7, 2024

Newsmax Host Greg Kelly on Taylor Swift:

“They’re elevating her to an idol.
Idolatry. This is a little bit of what idolatry, I think, looks like. And you’re not supposed to do that. In fact, if you look it up in the Bible, it’s a sin!”
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— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) March 7, 2024

MAGA cultist right-wing broadcaster Eric Metaxas fumes that Christians who refuse to vote for Trump are "childish," warning that "God will judge you" for not doing so. pic.twitter.com/IuS4HQI5Lk

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 7, 2024

WTF https://t.co/4HVaSky2CY

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 7, 2024

"People remember how good things were when Donald Trump was president"

How good were things for you at this time four years ago?pic.twitter.com/0H7UjI4PdE

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 7, 2024

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson in a conversation with @WalshFreedom:

“I thought Tucker’s interview [with Putin] was very interesting…I felt the little video he did going down into the Moscow subway built by Stalin 70 or 80 years ago Looks like a cathedral.

Muscovites can go down there… pic.twitter.com/wrsdvDhcRA

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 7, 2024

251-170: House passes the Laken Riley Act — named after a nursing student allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant — which would require the detention of any undocumented immigrant who is convicted of theft.

37 Dems joined all Republicans in voting in favor of the bill. pic.twitter.com/TnPEP7iAVj

— The Recount (@therecount) March 7, 2024

The Laken Riley Act is so important because we've got to ensure that this can't happen again. ⁰⁰Republicans will not stand for the release of dangerous criminals into our communities, and that's exactly what the Biden administration has done. ⁰⁰Laken is just one of the tragic… pic.twitter.com/7yJgiO6tmh

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 6, 2024

170 House Democrats just voted against the Laken Riley Act, refusing to require the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants who have been caught committing a crime.
 
Sadly, if these Democrats have their way, there will be more victims like Laken Riley. https://t.co/SWOlvwzBVv

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 7, 2024

“Republicans appear to have just thrown together language from existing, unrelated bills that target and scapegoat immigrants to score cheap political points in an election year, while doing nothing to address…the border.”

— Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) hammers the Laken Riley Act pic.twitter.com/TvHk56nTcZ

— The Recount (@therecount) March 7, 2024

Time for this dinosaur to hit the old dusty trail pic.twitter.com/I8qjNo6fIo

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) March 7, 2024

“Americans everywhere are not only, frankly, outright pissed off, they are paying for all of this… They're watching their city streets, apartment buildings and hotels be flooded with illegal aliens while they're being forced to pay for it.” –@RepMTG speaking at the House GOP… pic.twitter.com/8PRSz0Bwbf

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) March 7, 2024