Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) became the latest Republican to announce he would be skipping the president’s jobs speech on Thursday night. He tweeted to his constituents that he would ‘listen to President’s speech carefully’ but that he had ‘family and friends coming over for the big game,’ referring to the highly anticipated opening game of the NFL season between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints.
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