In true verdict fashion, it is now midnight on the East Coast.

Senator Ted Cruz has just come back from the Capitol after what I hope was a very edifying

hour and a half long nap during the worst State of the Union address that I have ever

seen in my lifetime.

It's not just a partisan bomb. I'm not being hyperbolic.

I've watched a lot of them. It was very difficult. And I at least was able to sit on a nice

cushy chair and drink scotch. Senator, you have truly impressed me tonight. You are still going.

You may still be sleeping for all I know. What did you see at the Capitol?

Well, you're right that I just left the Capitol, and it was a long speech. This is the 10th

State of the Union that I have sat on the floor of the House of Representatives and listened to,

the third president from whom I've heard a State of the Union, and I agree with your assessment that this was the most out of touch state of the union I've ever seen.

For one thing, Joe Biden was reading the teleprompter and was unsteady.

He was unsure.

His hands were shaking.

You could really see his age. And the speech,

it made brief acknowledgments of the challenges that are facing the country, but it totally

ignored Biden's responsibility for those challenges. So he mentioned inflation.

Didn't say a word about the trillions in spending and trillions in debt that it's causing the

inflation. He mentions gas prices going through the roof. Didn't say a word about the policies

of the administration, making domestic exploration so much harder driving gas prices through the roof. He talked about

the need to secure the southern border. Didn't say a word about his administration's policies refusing

to enforce the border. He talked about Russia invading Ukraine. Didn't say a word about his waving

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