WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden's handle to Congress final evening was as a lot a State of the Union handle because it was a marketing campaign speech. He stated he deserved a second time period and that he was nonetheless prepared at 81. However the Republicans weren’t impressed, they blamed the president for the unlawful immigration disaster and others.
Biden tried to strike an upbeat tone and kick off his re-election marketing campaign in a fiery State of the Union handle within the face of the various issues going through the nation.
“It’s due to you that America is coming again. It’s due to you that our future is brightest; due to you, we are able to proudly say tonight that the state of our union is powerful and rising stronger,” he stated.
The president has tried to alter the narrative surrounding his administration. He started with a joke when questions on his age and psychological skills got here up. “If I used to be good, I'd go dwelling now,” he stated to open his speech.
Biden additionally tried to deal with a few of the hardest challenges going through his presidency, his 2024 re-election marketing campaign and the nation.
He centered on a dedication to repair the southern border whereas touting a bipartisan border invoice that by no means made it to his desk. “In November, my group started severe negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators, leading to a bipartisan invoice with the hardest set of border safety reforms we've ever seen,” he stated as Home Republicans loudly disagreed. “Oh, you don't assume so? You don't like that invoice that the conservatives got here collectively and stated it's invoice? I'll be damned, that's wonderful,” Biden stated.
He additionally listed what he believed the legislation would obtain.
“This bipartisan invoice would rent 1,500 extra legislation enforcement brokers and officers, 100 extra immigration judges to assist resolve the two million case backlog, 4,300 extra asylum officers. And new insurance policies to allow them to resolve circumstances in six months as an alternative of six years now ,” Biden replied.
Biden confronted challenges from some Republican members over the dying of Laken Riley, who requested him to “say her title.” A younger nursing scholar was murdered whereas jogging, allegedly by an unlawful immigrant.
“Laken Riley is an harmless younger girl who was killed by an unlawful. That's true. What number of hundreds of younger folks have been killed by unlawful folks. I inform her mother and father that my coronary heart goes out once I misplaced kids myself. I perceive,” Biden stated.
The administration billed the night as a “reset” as 57 p.c of Individuals disapprove of Biden's job efficiency, in line with the Actual Clear Politics polling common.
The Republican Reply: America's “Nightmare”
And for Republicans, the president's speech turned out woefully.
Oklahoma Rep. Stephanie Bice (R) stated, “I don't assume it was actually a State of the Union speech. It was a marketing campaign speech. And that was evident in a few of the issues he talked about. hindsight within the dialogue, , about insulin costs , which have been addressed within the final Congress. The ACA. No person's speaking concerning the ACA proper now. You realize, democracy — he wished to speak about securing democracy. These are issues that, , folks aren't speaking about proper now. The American public needs to understand how this president goes to make this nation affluent, safer and safer.”
Rep. Bob Good (R) of Virginia stated, “Nicely, he's mendacity to the American folks. He brought about the border invasion with an govt motion he unilaterally took on his first day in workplace, about 60 govt actions he took to open the border.”
The official Republican response got here from Alabama Senator Katie Britt, who stated: “The American dream has changed into a nightmare.”
Sitting at her household's kitchen desk, Britt laid the nation's border points squarely at Biden's toes. “We all know that President Biden didn't simply trigger this border disaster. He invited it,” Britt stated.
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Throughout Thursday evening's speech, Biden made frequent references to “his predecessor” with out naming Donald Trump as he talked about different doubtless marketing campaign points, together with defending democracy and the abortion debate.
“My predecessor got here into workplace decided to see Roe vs. Wade overturned. He's the rationale it was overturned, and he's bragging about it,” Biden stated. “Those that brag about overturning Roe v. Wade don’t know concerning the energy of ladies.”
The president additionally introduced that he was ordering the US army to arrange a port for humanitarian help from Gaza. Biden tried to reaffirm assist for Israel to remove Hamas whereas supporting harmless civilians earlier than saying a two-state answer within the area was the one path to peace.
“I say to the management of Israel that this humanitarian help can’t be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. Defending and saving harmless lives have to be a precedence as we glance to the longer term. The one actual answer to the scenario is a two-state answer over time,” Biden stated.
Former President Donald Trump posted on social media in actual time throughout the speech. At one level posting on Reality Social that Biden is mad and indignant. The clear takeaway after tonight is that the battle strains have been drawn as we head into the 2024 presidential election.
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