Biden's Impassioned State Of The Union Speech
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:42.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics. I'm Susan Davis I cover politics. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Claudia I cover Congress and I'm Mara Liason National Political Correspondent. |
| 0:50.0 | Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States. |
| 0:54.4 | President Biden delivered the State of the Union address to Congress tonight, framing this moment |
| 0:59.3 | as a pressure test for democracy. |
| 1:01.4 | Now it's we who face unprecedented moment in the history of the Union. |
| 1:06.6 | And yes, my purpose tonight is to wake up the Congress and alert the American people that |
| 1:11.7 | this is no ordinary moment either. |
| 1:14.0 | Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War |
| 1:17.0 | have freedom and democracy been under assault at home |
| 1:20.0 | as there are today. |
| 1:22.0 | Biden started right out of the gate with politically sharp and pointed language, calling |
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