Key points on climate, debt and increased support for Gaza, with rebuke to unnamed presidential election rival Donald Trump
State of the Union: ‘Sleepy Joe’ nowhere in evidence as canny, well-versed Biden outlines vision in blistering speechNikki Haley ends White House bid in wake of Trump’s Super Tuesday victoriesThere’s an argument to be made that had they managed to tailor his speech to a blistering 35 minutes, it could be classed as a tour de force. But the 70-minute delivery never sagged.
“January 6th and the lies about the 2020 election, and the plots to steal the election, posed the gravest threat to our democracy since the civil war. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth of January 6th. I will not do that. This is a moment to speak the truth and bury the lies. And here’s the simplest truth. You can’t love your country only when you win.”
There was a curious vignette when Mitch McConnell, the Republican speaker, followed Kamala Harris into the room at the start of the ceremony. The politicians had been gathering since early evening, the sky pink around the Capitol and the mood light. At one point, towards the end of Biden’s speech when Romney heard the president say “whether young or old, I’ve always known what endures. Our north star. The very idea of America, that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. We’ve never lived up to that idea but we’ve never walked away from it either”, he rose to his feet to applaud the sentiments.
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