Moments earlier than President Biden stepped onto the ground of the Home Tuesday night time, NBC senior Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett issued a phrase of warning about what he could be entering into: a doable “vigorous room” will with Republicans and no COVID restrictions.

Regardless of experiences that Biden would quickly subject an finish to the COVID emergency, Haake warned viewers that “this chamber is packed. There are now not any COVID-19 restrictions in place. No masking, no social distancing, no necessities for testing. Which suggests, not like his earlier two addresses to the nation, each seat can be crammed. We’re at standing room solely, at capability.”

He additionally hinted that Biden could be strolling right into a lion’s den. “It may very well be a vigorous room too as a result of lots of these seats are stuffed with this new Republican Home majority. When the President comes via that heart door, he will see the Home speaker, Kevin McCarthy straight in entrance of him,” he hyped.

After blowing previous the nice rapport Biden and McCarthy say they’ve, Haake huffed that the Republican majority was a “thorn” in Biden’s aspect, citing their investigations into his administration and alleged corruption:

Now, McCarthy and Biden have each praised one another to date, mentioned they’ve labored nicely collectively to date. However McCarthy’s members have been opening investigation after investigation into the Biden administration and into the President himself. They’ve been a thorn in his aspect in some ways, together with an investigation or listening to simply at this time on the border disaster.

There’s actually just one space of main settlement that they’ve even mentioned and that is the concept of confronting China extra strongly, which has taken a again seat after the problem with the balloon over the past couple of weeks.

So, it may very well be a tough room for President Biden.

Haake concluded with “the excellent news” that “McCarthy warned his members this morning to not trigger any type of scene, that the lights are on, the cameras and mics are sizzling.”

The transcript is under, click on “develop” to learn:

NBC Information Particular: State of the Union
February 7, 2023
9:02:31 p.m. Jap

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GARRETT HAAKE: To begin with, this chamber is packed. There are now not any COVID-19 restrictions in place. No masking, no social distancing, no necessities for testing. Which suggests, not like his earlier two addresses to the nation, each seat can be crammed. We’re at standing room solely, at capability.

It may very well be a vigorous room too as a result of lots of these seats are stuffed with this new Republican Home majority. When the President comes via that heart door, he will see the Home speaker, Kevin McCarthy straight in entrance of him.

Now, McCarthy and Biden have each praised one another to date, mentioned they’ve labored nicely collectively to date. However McCarthy’s members have been opening investigation after investigation into the Biden administration and into the President himself. They’ve been a thorn in his aspect in some ways, together with an investigation or listening to simply at this time on the border disaster.

There’s actually just one space of main settlement that they’ve even mentioned and that is the concept of confronting China extra strongly, which has taken a again seat after the problem with the balloon over the past couple of weeks.

So, it may very well be a tough room for President Biden. The excellent news although, Speaker McCarthy warned his members this morning to not trigger any type of scene, that the lights are on, the cameras and mics are sizzling. He doesn’t wish to see any distractions at this time.

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