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watches on YouTube or Rumble, you will see that we have a special edition of the Kylie

cast today. And that is with three of my Federalist colleagues, Matt Kittle, Eddie

Scary, and L. Pernell, who are all here today to give their initial reactions to the State

of the Union. I'm so excited to

hear their hot takes. So why don't we just kick this right off? I want everybody to give Trump's

the state of the union an initial grade and maybe note what your favorite moment or what you think

was most memorable point of the speech was Matt Kittle. Why don't we kick it off with you?

I'm a tough grader.

I always have been, asked the kids in my house, but I would say an A-minus.

I thought he did exceptionally well.

Everybody's talking about the unprecedented length of the speech and as a journalist covering the speech. I would say if he could keep that under two

hours, that would be great.

But I think he summed everything up, the message that he needed to get across, the most

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