Democratic President Joe Biden will take to the stage Thursday night to deliver his third and potentially final State of the Union address as U.S. president, depending on the outcome of November’s presidential election.
Mr. Biden will appear in the House of Representatives in front of the entire Congress, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) sitting behind him for a speech scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET. The annual address of the Chief Executive of the Nation always eclipses Washington’s pageantry, as most of the president’s Cabinet, excluding designated survivors, as well as the top military advisers, most members of Congress, and most Supreme Court justices attend the ceremony in the House of Representatives. filled with. Chamber.
An 8-foot-tall iron fence will be erected around the U.S. Capitol the day before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
During the State of the Union address, presidents often tout their accomplishments over the past year and lofty goals for the coming year. But for Biden, the 2024 speech comes at a particularly dangerous time for him politically and nationally. Former President Donald Trump, Biden’s main opponent in the general election, defeated his last remaining challenger on Super Tuesday and concluded the Republican nomination for president. While Mr. Trump currently leads Mr. Biden in most general election polls and in key battleground states across the country, Mr. Biden’s disapproval rate among American voters is near an all-time low.
Former President Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty)
Moreover, Biden’s own Justice Department, through special counsel Robert Hur, just decided that he will not face criminal charges. That’s because Mr. Biden, in Mr. Hur’s estimation, is “elderly” and has problems with “poor memory,” otherwise he would face criminal charges. Biden will use the stage Thursday evening to try to prove his doubters wrong, something he could easily do if he kept his ear to the teleprompter throughout his speech. Highly sexual.
There are also big questions facing the country and the world as Biden seeks to regain control. First, on the economy, inflation continues to rage out of control, and Mr. Biden is trying to shift the blame from himself and the Democratic Party’s policy failures to corporations by leaning into the buzzword “shrinkflation.” will do. That’s not the only place Biden will engage in the blame game Thursday. When it comes to immigration and the policy failures that have brought millions of immigrants into the country, Biden will no doubt hold Trump and Congressional Republicans accountable. This trend is due to, among other things, the decision to block a bipartisan Senate foreign aid agreement negotiated by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). But Biden’s accusations of that would be factually inaccurate. This is because the Lankford Agreement would have made the problem far worse than it is now, not at all better. And Biden could easily solve this problem with presidential action and a return to Trump’s policies.
Trump said he would provide live commentary and fact-checking of Biden’s lies throughout the speech through his Truth Social account. President Trump’s response was followed by Sen. Katie Britt (R., Alabama), who was chosen from outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Kentucky), and Johnson, who will give his own speech. Far more important than the “official” Republican response presented.
Senator Katie Britt (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
But perhaps the most important thing about the State of the Union address is what Mr. Biden and his aides recently told The New Yorker expect to be the centerpiece of his 2024 re-election campaign: some form of conflict between Republicans and Mr. Trump. It remains to be seen how Mr. Biden will deal with the nonsensical argument that there is no such thing. A threat to democracy itself. How political Mr. Biden is received in this speech and how it is received afterwards could determine whether President Trump maintains or expands his lead in the race for the White House in the opening round of the general election. is very high.
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Updated at 9:09pm ET:
Biden biographer Evan Osnos appeared on CNN and argued that this may be the most important speech of Biden’s long political career.
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, entered the House Gallery.
Updated at 9:02pm ET:
Biden’s motorcade arrives at the Capitol, and the president walks inside.
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Key officials, including the diplomatic corps and several Supreme Court justices, are also currently in the chamber.
Updated at 8:55 PM ET:
CNN’s Casey Hunt said in his decades of coverage of the State of the Union, he has never seen anything like the protests currently blocking Biden’s arrival.
Currently on the House floor, Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris, who presides over the Senate, are bringing order to the joint session of Congress through procedural motions.
Updated at 8:53 PM ET:
CNN’s Jake Tapper reported that US secret services took President Biden to the Capitol via a different route after left-wing pro-Palestinian protesters blocked his originally planned route.
Updated at 8:51 PM ET:
Biden’s motorcade is now heading to the Capitol. He is scheduled to speak at 9 p.m. ET. It remains to be seen whether it will start on time or be interrupted by protests.
Updated at 8:49pm ET:
CNN’s Jake Tapper reports that the president would normally have left the White House by now, but with left-wing protesters blocking his route to the Capitol, the U.S. Secret Service is calling for an alternative route. It was reported that there is a possibility that they are planning.
Mr. Biden has finally left the White House with First Lady Jill Biden.
Updated at 8:44 PM ET:
Biden reportedly intends to use this speech to aggressively attack Trump. It will be interesting to see what happens, but he reportedly intends to attack Trump’s age. Trump is several years younger than Biden.
Updated at 8:43 PM ET:
Mr. Biden will soon leave the White House and head to the Capitol. Vice President Kamala Harris has just entered the House of Representatives with senators. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators appear to be blocking Biden’s motorcade on its way to the Capitol.
