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Republican and Democratic lawmakers walked away from President Biden’s State of the Union tackle with very completely different impressions on Thursday evening — as anticipated.
GOP legislators within the Home and Senate referred to as the 81-year-old president an “previous man” whereas blasting his speech as a political marketing campaign speech forward of the November election.
Democrats, in the meantime, praised Biden’s power and “sturdy” tackle.
“This was not alleged to be a progressive stump speech, this was alleged to be a State of the Union, and I’m unsure we actually acquired that,” Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., informed Fox Information Digital.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union tackle earlier than a joint session of Congress within the Home chamber on the Capital constructing on March 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Photos)
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., referred to as Biden’s speech “essentially the most political” State of the Union he’s ever heard. “It was not a dignified State of the Union tackle. It was a partisan stump speech,” Bacon mentioned.
Republican Examine Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., informed Fox Information Digital, “It sounded extra like a marketing campaign speech than it did a State of the Union.”
“He talked lots about his predecessor, which can also be his opponent, so he used this platform to run for workplace versus telling the American folks that he is accountable for what’s occurred the final three and a half years with 20% inflation since he is been in workplace, you realize, trillions of {dollars} in debt, and extra massive authorities, extra spending extra regulation,” Hern mentioned.
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Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., blasted Biden’s speech as a marketing campaign tackle
Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., informed Fox Information Digital that Biden appeared “very shrill and really indignant.”
“And his options are very drained – I imply, he is been right here 50 years, his options are the identical tax and spend insurance policies that acquired us into this inflationary spiral that we have been in,” he mentioned.
Sen. Invoice Cassidy, R-La., mentioned, “It was a marketing campaign rally. It wasn’t a critical speech.”
Biden’s allies, like Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, got here away with a really completely different view.
“I’ve been right here for 12 years, that was in all probability one of the best State of the Union I’ve ever heard,” Schatz informed Fox Information Digital.
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President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union tackle to a joint session of Congress on the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Standing at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and seated at proper is Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. ((Shawn Thew/Pool through AP))
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Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., advised Biden was in a position to dispel issues about his age whereas additionally portray a definite distinction between himself and the GOP.
“I believed it was nice. He had a lot of power,” Beyer informed Fox Information Digital. “It’s not about his age, it’s concerning the high quality of his concepts, and he clearly laid out two completely different Americas — our America, which is predicated on dignity, humanity and decency. And the opposite view which is revenge and hate and retribution.”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital main protection of the Home of Representatives. Earlier digital bylines seen at Each day Mail and CBS Information.
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