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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

DAY 768: Biden takes SOTU message on the road

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Msnbc, Versant, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

After turning up the heat on Republicans during his State of the Union address, President Biden took that message to the battleground state of Wisconsin. It comes as Republicans scramble to defend their stance on Social Security despite evidence showing some wanted to cut it. Yamiche Alcindor, A.B. Stoddard, Jim Tankersley, Jake Ward, Mike Murphy, Bob Torricelli, and Joyce Vance join.

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0:00.0

Tonight, President Biden, back on the road, bringing the receipts of Republicans' comments

0:09.0

on Social Security after last night's address where he took on his critics in real time.

0:15.0

Then the plot twist at the House Oversight Committee meeting where Republicans hoped to

0:18.9

focus on Hunter Biden, but we ended up finding out about Trump's attempt to censor tweets.

0:24.9

Then the bombshell murder trial halted by a bomb threat today, mid-testimony.

0:30.5

A lot to cover as the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.

0:35.0

Good evening, once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.

0:43.9

President Biden turning up the heat on Republicans as he takes his state-of-the-union message

0:48.8

on the road.

0:49.8

Today, he went to the key battleground state of Wisconsin to pitch his vision of America

0:54.8

and he leaned into the agenda that he laid out for us last night.

0:58.6

As the New York Times reports, that includes using government programs to help boost the economy.

1:03.7

But today, Biden amped up his promise to protect Social Security and Medicare and he called

1:09.7

out those GOP lawmakers who heckled them last night after he accurately accused some of

1:15.8

them who were looking to cut those programs.

1:20.0

Some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.

1:23.3

I'm not saying it's a majority.

1:28.9

Here's what was really amazing.

1:30.8

See that right there?

1:31.8

That is Senator Mike Lee.

1:33.2

He appeared visibly, visibly outraged, even offended as he listened to President Biden.

1:38.7

And this morning, Senator Rick Scott said this, quote, Joe Biden is either a typical Washington

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