RUFUS - More than 24 hours since the shooting of President Jay Laylin in Towton, New Shire, the 2025 State Of The Union Address is being delayed until further notice, as President Laylin continues to recover from injuries he sustained to his face in a shooting.
The State of the Union Address is held every year either in January or February, depending on whether a president is in his first year of his presidency or if he is continuing his term. But after the recent events of the Laylin shooting, Congress has delayed the SOTU indefinitely, but says one will be held this year.
Congressional leaders are preparing to hold their own internal investigations, subpoenaing Presidential Protective Service agents, and leadership, to understand how the President was able to be shot in the first place. But the SOTU, which was scheduled for February 15, 2025, is now likely to happen in later 2025 or at the end of 2025. But no actual confirmation of the date that has been selected has been confirmed.
"In response to the horrific shooting of President Jay Laylin on Sunday morning, we are hereby delaying the 2025 State Of The Union Address until further notice," said House Speaker Pro Tempore Matthew Carrington. "We need to give the president time to heal, and the State Of The Union Address should be the last thing the President should be worrying about right now. We will work with the Nationalist House, to schedule the new State Of The Union at a more convenient time for the President."
Other officials are calling for it to be cancelled altogether and be held with the 2026 State Of The Union Address. Nationalists are calling for it to be completely cancelled. The Jesstopian Constitution requires that "the president, from time to time, shall update a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union."
The president was scheduled to deliver remarks on Feb. 15, but following the shooting, that date became unfeasible as the President now remains in a coma. Vice President Cole Bindle is serving as acting President until President Laylin returns to his duties as the 3rd President Of The United States Of Jesstopia.