Johnson Invites Biden To Deliver 2024 SOTU Address Weeks Later Than Usual, After Super Tuesday Primaries

January 6, 2024 Joe Biden, Republicans

Axios reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has invited President Biden to deliver the State of the Union address on March 7, days after Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will hold nominating contests. It’s a month later than last year’s Feb. 7 State of the Union and is set to follow two critical government shutdown deadlines.

“In this moment of great challenge for our country, it is my solemn duty to extend this invitation for you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024, so that you may fulfill your obligation under the U.S. Constitution to report on the state of our union,” Johnson wrote in his letter to Biden.

Raw Story reports:



That date comes just days after voters in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia vote on their party’s presidential nominees for the general election in November.

During Donald Trump’s single term, he gave his State of the Union speech on 2/28, 1/30, 2/5 and 2/4 — each date falling in line with the speech traditionally being given in mid-January to early February. During George W. Bush’s two terms, he gave his national address six times in January and only once in February.

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