State of the Union 2023: Senate GOP releases ominous prebuttal ahead of Biden address
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Senate Republicans are painting President Joe Biden’s America in dystopian terms in a video released ahead of his State of the Union address.
The black-and-white video features images of Biden superimposed with captions on what the GOP considers his administration’s failures, including inflation, rising gas prices, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and even the Chinese spy balloon. Biden will address the joint session of Congress on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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“What is the state of our union?” the video begins, answering the question with: “Historic inflation, wages can’t keep up, everything costs more, worst border crisis in American history, fentanyl is destroying communities, attacked American energy, adversaries are emboldened, America embarrassed on the world stage, crime and chaos in communities, America’s children have fallen behind.”
The “prebuttal” video is topped off with drifting snow or ash and ominous piano music.
Republicans want Biden to address the border and the fentanyl crisis in addition to the economy. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) asked the president not to use the phrase “extreme MAGA Republicans” to describe his conference in Tuesday’s speech, though it’s been a favorite moniker of Democrats for the past several months.
Biden will speak on cancer research, help for veterans, the mental health crisis, and combating the opioid epidemic, according to a summary of his speech. He will also likely touch on the favorable job numbers that came out this month.
The address comes amid a standoff between House Republicans and Democrats over hiking the debt limit, which the GOP wants to pair with spending cuts, while Democrats want to authorize an increase without strings attached.
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McCarthy made his stance clear in a press conference Monday night.
“When debt is too high, inflation is the result. That’s where we are today,” he said. “Inflation has exploded. Mortgage rates have doubled. Working Americans, after inflation and taxes, have gotten a pay cut. And eggs, a staple of America’s breakfast, have gone from a cheap source of protein to a luxury good.”
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