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Biden's Second State Of The Union Was His First Campaign Speech

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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News, Politics

4.620.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday to a newly divided Congress. It was his first big national speech since the midterms and a preview of his likely 2024 reelection bid. The crew discusses the arguments Biden laid out and where he stands with American voters two years into his presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

0:07.7

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

0:14.8

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

0:22.0

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While Stox

0:27.8

Last, subject to availability. From liar to an awkward kiss, the top five moments from the state

0:34.4

of the Union address. And do you know what they're talking about when it comes to the awkward kiss?

0:38.7

What was the awkward kiss? Okay. Guys, when-

0:42.7

Okay, Lynn, this is you're so excited to explain this.

0:46.3

When Jill, Biden and Doug M. Huff were introduced and applauded for at the beginning before Biden ever

0:52.6

entered the chamber, they kissed each other on the lips and what was just like an odd, like, look,

0:59.4

I mean, it made it around this on the internet. Like, it didn't look like the way that two

1:03.7

professional, I guess they're colleagues. People usually like create each other. It looked

1:09.3

too romantic for the occasion. That's the awkward kiss. Oh my god. I completely missed this.

1:25.6

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. I'm Gaelin Drouk. Last night,

1:30.5

President Biden announced that he's running for re-election in 2020- wait, sorry, I'm bad.

1:35.7

Who wrote that in my script? That's not what happened last night. I'm sorry about that.

1:42.9

Last night, President Biden delivered his second state of the Union address. It was his first

1:49.0

big national speech since the midterms and to be fair, you probably didn't have to squint

1:54.6

that hard to see how it could be interpreted as the launch of a re-election campaign.

1:59.7

He focused overwhelmingly on domestic economic issues. He spored with Republicans live in the

2:05.3

moment over whether cuts to social security and Medicare should be considered in the debate

2:09.6

over raising the debt ceiling. He declared that the state of the Union is strong here to discuss

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