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‘Heckling’ at State of the Union Addresses

‘Heckling’ at State of the Union Addresses
February 13, 2023

A day after several Republicans interrupted President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address with loud jeering, a Democratic leader said he couldn’t “remember a Democrat ever heckling a president in a State of the Union.” But the Democrats have voiced displeasure with a Republican president at such events on several occasions, dating to at least 2005.

Facts on the House Gun Bills

Facts on the House Gun Bills
March 19, 2021

We explain what two House bills on firearm background checks would do, and some of the spin coming from both sides.

Article Misquotes Clyburn on Ending Democratic Primary

Article Misquotes Clyburn on Ending Democratic Primary
March 20, 2020

Rep. James Clyburn has called on the Democratic National Committee to cancel presidential primary debates to avoid damaging attacks on the eventual nominee. Clyburn did not say, as a conservative website falsely claimed, that he wanted to protect Joe Biden “from saying something that he ‘cannot overcome.'”