Biden’s ‘Overly Partisan’ Speech to Blame for Heckling: Speaker Mike Johnson

Mr. Johnson said President Biden’s speech was ‘full of information that is just objectively not true.’

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds after the president delivered the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the Capitol, on March 07, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has claimed Republican lawmakers who heckled President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address on March 7 did so in response to an “overly partisan speech.”

Mr. Johnson made the comments to reporters after President Biden struck a decisively political tone during his annual speech to Congress, taking every opportunity to criticize his rival, former President Donald Trump.