State of the Union speeches seldom matter much. This one did: It was Biden's first big opportunity to convince voters that he's still up to the job.
President Biden arrived at the Capitol on Thursday night facing a tough assignment — a high-stakes State of the Union speech. He responded by throwing a punch — and then several more. The fiery performance, leavened by some humor at the close, aimed to rebut one of the main lines of Republican attack on Biden — the effort to portray the 81-year-old president as doddering and weak. That’s an attack that has registered with many Americans.
Instead, Biden gave precedence to a different set of issues, beginning with the accusation that Trump and his supporters pose a threat to democracy. “My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about Jan. 6,” Biden said, reminding his audience of the 2021 attack on the Capitol, which supporters of Trump undertook in an effort to block the formal count of electoral votes. “This is a moment to speak the truth and bury the lies.
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