Illinois GOP Congresswoman Mary Miller, apparently fed-up with President Biden’s habit of prevaricating, said bluntly that she will not attend his State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

“Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union Address, which celebrated a secure border, support for our military, and American energy independence,” Miller stated. “Joe Biden’s presidency has been filled with lie after lie, especially lies about the border being secure, inflation being temporary, and the DOJ targeting parents for attending school board meetings. I will not be attending Biden’s State of the Union to listen to him lie about the damage he has caused to our country while the left-wing media and members of Congress applaud his lies.”

Miller referenced Biden’s statements about retaining classified documents as Vice President, his family’s business dealings with China and gas prices.

“I will be giving my guest ticket to Air Force Colonel (Ret) Mark A. Hurley of Sherman, Illinois, who retired from the military because of Biden’s unjust COVID vaccine mandate,” she promised. “Biden used the COVID vaccine mandate as a political purge to force the best and the brightest out of our military, and Biden has still failed to provide accountability for his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan more than two years ago.”

Hurley responded, “It’s an honor to be able to personally thank Congresswoman Miller and Speaker McCarthy for their efforts to end the COVID vaccine requirement for military members. These legislative leaders continued the battle we did not have time to complete through our normal chain of command. We are truly grateful for the thousands of military careers they have saved.

Over the weekend, Miller said of Biden, “We have a man who is compromised. Our national security is compromised because Joe Biden is compromised.”

Miller, who raises grain and cattle with her husband, had introduced legislation in 2022 titled “National Security Moratorium on Foreign Purchases of U.S. Land” to prevent China and other foreign countries from buying land in America.

“We have an inherent responsibility to put our own citizens first, and the National Security Moratorium on Foreign Purchases of U.S. Land does just that,” Miller said. “In recent years, we have seen foreign investors flood the market, increasing home prices for Americans. This is especially an issue in Rural America where the Chinese Communist Party is attempting to buy land in our country, with an emphasis on farmland, to gain strategic leverage over the United States.”

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Earthquakes Rock Syria And Turkey, Thousands Dead

Turkey and Syria were rocked by two earthquakes within the past 24 hours which reached a 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude. Untold numbers are trapped in the wreckage with more than 3,000 killed so far – a number that is expected to rise.

China Accuses U.S. Of “Indiscriminate Use Of Force”

In an update to this morning’s episode of Morning Wire, China is now accusing the United States of using “indiscriminate use of force” after the U.S. military shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon that traveled across the country over the past week. China insists that the aircraft was a civilian weather device.

Record Amount Of Americans Say They’re Worse Off Today Than When Biden Took Office

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll has found that a whopping four in 10 Americans say they are now financially worse off since President Biden took office. That is the highest percentage responding negatively in that poll since ABC/The Post began asking the question 37 years ago. The poll came just a few days before Biden is set to give his State of the Union speech.

Alleged Power Substation Attackers Arrested

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NYC Ends Covid Mandate For City Workers

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Kidnapped Missouri Children Found In Florida

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New Jersey Man Hired Hitman To Kill Teenager He Was Accused Of Sexually Assaulting, Police Say

Police say that a New Jersey man hired a hitman for twenty thousand dollars in bitcoin to kill a 14-year-old whom the alleged suspect was accused of sexually molesting. Authorities say that the man wanted to kill the minor so that he could not testify in an upcoming trial.

Twitch Suspends AI-Generated “Seinfeld” Knock-Off

Twitch has suspended the artificial intelligence generated 24/7 streaming show modeled after ‘Seinfeld’ after the character meant to be Jerry Seinfeld made a transphobic joke during a stand-up bit. The show, titled “Nothing, Forever” is programmed to watch the entirety of Seinfeld and then create a never-ending stream using the same style and plot devices, but with modern-day themes.

“I’m thinking about doing a bit about how being transgender is actually a mental illness,” the character said. “Or how all liberals are secretly gay and want to impose their will on everyone.”

Britain’s Nurses, Ambulance Workers Strike

Employees of Britain’s National Health Service started their largest strike in history on Monday. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers are demanding higher pay, but critics say their work stoppage is straining an already beleaguered health system and putting U.K. subjects at risk.

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