Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the former chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said Monday that House Republicans should cancel President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next month.

Perry, who sits on the House Committee for Oversight and Accoutability, told Fox Business that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., should “use every single point of leverage” to put pressure on Biden over the border.

He added the president “comes at the invitation of Congress” for the State of the Union speech, “and Republicans are in control of the House. There’s no reason that we need to invite him to get more propaganda and actually blame the American people for the crisis he’s caused.”

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