Tonight, Thursday, March 7th, is the State of the Union Address so lets keep everything related to it (including the Republican response) confined to this thread.

This is probably one of the most important speeches Biden can give this year. He has to come across as “Present”, not just “President”.

This will set the tone for the campaign the rest of the year and will be second only to the Democratic Convention speech in August for visibility.

Watch it live here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2024/

Or through your favorite news source.

The Republican response will be delivered by Senator Katie Britt of Alabama:

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236338784/katie-britt-alabama-republican-biden-state-of-the-union

Very good speech!

Full transcript is here:

https://time.com/6898705/read-president-joe-bidens-2024-state-of-the-union-address-full-transcript/

Republican response from Katie Britt here:

https://www.britt.senate.gov/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-responds-to-president-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/

I encourage you to watch the video and not just read the transcript. Reading it doesn’t carry just how breathless and borderline weepy her delivery is.

  • return2ozma@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s just dumb campaign promises that he cannot and will not deliver on. If he could do any of this he would have already done it

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    8 months ago

    I really wish Biden would’ve turned around to Mike Johnson when he was talking about January 6th and ask, “what’s the matter with you, man? Why aren’t you clapping? So you support a fascist takeover? Of course you do…”

    Also turn around and say, 'it’s this man here who is blocking aid to Ukraine while women and children die in Ukraine"

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    8 months ago

    Dude is sharp, it’s no comparison really between Biden and the “look having nuclear guy”. Im done giving the people “worried” about Bidens mind the time of day.

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        8 months ago

        His stutter and mispeaks are not off-putting to me at all. He is obviously mentally fit, this isn’t how someone with mental deficiencies sounds.

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          8 months ago

          Look he’s old. I completely agree it’s a concern for >70% of Americans. Both are geriatrics with clear issues.

          But one is morally sound. The other is not. One has smart cabinet members and advisors. The other has his fucking kids in a blatant act of nepotism and crooks.