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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Faux Bipartisanship in Biden's State of the Union

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden's speech Tuesday was a raucous affair, with cheers and jeers that called to mind the British House of Commons. What the President left out, though, was any compromise agenda that he thinks can actually pass a divided Congress. Plus, newly elected Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders gives a GOP response that focuses more on culture than policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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President Biden gives a state of the Union address with some high-flying rhetoric about bipartisanship,

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but where was his actual bipartisan agenda?

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Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

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We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassel, and editorial board member Kate Vatchelder-O'Dell.

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It's always hard to try to summarize a speech of an hour or more,

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but one way to sum up President Biden's Tuesday, say the union would be Rockis.

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At some points, I asked myself, wait a second, am I watching the British House of Commons,

0:58.0

Prime Minister's questions, the way there was some back and forth between Biden and cheers and booze in the audience,

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and perhaps the most prominent moment was when Biden said that some Republicans want to get rid of Social Security.

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Listen to this.

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Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share of some Republicans, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset,

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I'm not saying it's a majority.

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Let me give you anybody who doubts it.

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Contact my office.

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I'll give you a copy.

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I'll give you a copy of the proposal.

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That means Congress doesn't vote.

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Well, I'm glad to see you.

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