President Biden was lustily heckled by Republicans during his State of the Union address for the second year in a row, and this time not just by a couple of extremists. But he turned their rowdiness to his advantage. ed_kilgore writes
implicitly addressed concerns that his administration is at best semi-successful, and it’s headed by an old man who’s a spent political force. Biden engaged in the customary brag-fest of his accomplishments, but treated them almost entirely as works in progress. Thus, the speech felt like a pitch not just for rest of his term but for the second term bid he will likely soon announce.
After Biden's claim that some Republicans want to end Medicare and Social Security provoked GOP anger, the president responds, "I'm glad to see it, I enjoy conversion." "Social Security and its bookend, Medicare, are off the books now, right?," Biden adds. "We have unanimity!"
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