Growing list of Republicans will not attend SOTU over testing mandate

Several Republican lawmakers have said they will not attend President Biden’s Tuesday State of the Union address because of the mandated coronavirus testing before the speech.

“I’m healthy, so I won’t be taking a test for COVID… so I won’t be attending the #SOTU,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R) said in a tweet Tuesday.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had announced on Monday that he would not attend Biden’s speech because he did not have the time to get tested for the virus.