President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night was billed as a plea for unity, but due to his frequent digs at Republicans and at least one obvious untruth, the speech quickly degenerated into a yelling war.
Republicans in Congress loudly refuted numerous of his assertions about them, but particularly when Biden said that the GOP was planning to slash Social Security benefits.
And only days after a surveillance balloon from the communist nation passed over the US last week, Biden hardly addressed China in the 70-minute speech, which also elicited jeers accusing the president of being to blame for the surge in fentanyl deaths.
At one point of the speech, President Joe Biden stated: “instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.” and sparked the most outrage among Republicans.
Biden’s effort to quell the jeers by declaring, “I’m not saying it’s a majority.” was met with an even more angry response by the Republican caucus.
“Anybody who doubts it, contact my office, I’ll give you a copy of the proposal,” the President said in response.
“Liar!” Rep. MTG shouted. Watch:
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