House GOP Tries to Shut Down State of the Union Heckling

“House Republican leadership is trying to tamp down on a potential repeat of the chronic heckling that engulfed last year’s State of the Union,” Axios reports.

“The effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to rein in his members underlines how much politics have changed since 2009, when the House passed a resolution of disapproval against Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for disrupting then-President Obama’s speech.”