If you skip all the parts where President Biden lied, screamed about “American Jobs,” and yelled, “FOLKS!” there was actually something he did a couple of times during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday that Republicans could really stand to learn from.
The first and most notable time was about halfway through the slog of a ceremony when Biden referenced the federal debt ceiling and started in to predictably accuse Republicans of preparing to gut entitlement spending, specifically Social Security and Medicare. (House Speaker McCarthy had publicly stated multiple times in recent weeks that no cuts would be considered for either in negotiations to raise the spending limit.)
“Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans, some Republicans, want Medicare and Social Security to sunset,” he said, to catcalls from Republican members. “I’m not saying it’s the majority. Let me give you — anybody who doubts it, contact my office. I’ll give you a copy — I’ll give you a copy of the proposal [by the GOP to cut entitlements].”
Biden did a similar version of this about 16 years later in the same speech when he broached the non-compete agreements some businesses require of employers. “It just changed — well, they just changed it because we exposed it,” he said to more hissing from Republicans. “That was part of the deal, guys. Look it up.”
This is what every Republican who plans to run for president in 2024 needs to do. Or, really, any
