• President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was watched by 38.2 million people.
• Biden offered to work across the aisle and outlined a moderate plan for the nation with a wide range of popular programs.
• Republicans refused to clap for Biden’s successes and heckled, catcalled, and booed him.
• Biden called for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and asked Congress to commit to never questioning the full faith and credit of the United States.
• Biden tricked Republicans into a public declaration of support for protecting Social Security and Medicare.
• Biden praised Republican president George W. Bush’s bipartisan $100 billion investment in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
• Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave the Republican rebuttal, full of references to the culture wars and scathing of Biden.
Published February 8, 2023
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