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State Of The Union Address
state of the union address
Mar. 2, 2022
Lauren Boebert Makes ‘You Lie’ Heckle Seem Quaint In a new State of the Union low, the far-right representative shouted at President Biden as he was discussing his son Beau’s death.
By Margaret Hartmann
state of the union address
Mar. 1, 2022
Biden Revives Old Unity Theme to Reset Presidency By touting global and national solidarity in defense of Ukraine, Biden’s State of the Union offered a clear if subtle contrast to Trumpism.
By Ed Kilgore
A Guide to Congress’s Jam-Packed February Democrats’ to-do list includes salvaging Build Back Better, reforming election laws, and avoiding a shutdown — and they know time is running out.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 7, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
Barack Obama Haunts President Trump’s Attempts to Win Black Votes Trump wants to peel off some black voters in 2020. But a major animating force in his presidency is a rejection of his still popular predecessor.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Trump Isn’t a Moderate, But He Plays One on TV The president’s appeals to black voters and economic liberals in last night’s address were mendacious. They may prove effective anyway.
By Eric Levitz
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2020
Live State of the Union Polling: Mixed News for a Divisive President Participants in live dial-testing seem to show support for some of Trump’s agenda, but it hasn’t translated to support for Trump.
By Sarah Jones
Trump Avoids Handshake With Pelosi at State of the Union The president appeared to ignore an attempted handshake from Speaker Pelosi, who infamously dressed Trump down at a White House meeting in October.
By Chas Danner
state of the union address
Feb. 4, 2020
Trump Didn’t “Lift People Off Welfare.” He Cut Them Off. Republicans gave Trump a standing ovation during the State of the Union for slashing aid to the poor.
By Sarah Jones
Nancy Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s State of the Union Speech The Speaker of the House stood up and tore the president’s prepared remarks in half, later calling it “the courteous thing to do.”
By Chas Danner
the national interest
Feb. 4, 2020
Trump Speech Cites Sole Triumph: Rebranding Obama’s Economy As His Own Keep the same economy, skim off the top for your rich pals, claim credit.
By Jonathan Chait
impeachment
Jan. 28, 2020
What We Learned on Day 7 of Trump’s Impeachment Trial Trump’s lawyers shifted their strategy to a “so what?” argument as Republicans continued to fight the idea of hearing John Bolton.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 24, 2020
Republicans Warming to Idea of Calling Their Own Trump Trial Witnesses The thinking is that if Democrats get John Bolton into the dock, the president should get an impeachment witness he wants, like Hunter or Joe Biden.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Doesn’t Trump’s Talk of U.S. Moral Duty Apply to North Korea? In his SOTU, Trump invoked the Holocaust to signal our moral duty to oppose Iran and Venezuela — and made overtures to North Korea’s cruel regime.
By Heather Hurlburt
Trump’s State of the Union Was a Preview of His 2020 Strategy The president promised liberal economic policies — without all those taxes or subversive social values.
By Eric Levitz
the national circus
Feb. 6, 2019
Frank Rich: Trump’s Big Speech Failed at Every Level Even looking at the 80-minute-plus laundry list from Trump’s point of view, the State of the Union address seems to be a disaster.
By Frank Rich
state of the union
Feb. 6, 2019
By Kimberly Truong
state of the union address
Feb. 6, 2019
Bernie Sanders Calls Trump’s SOTU ‘Racist,’ Rebukes Claims About ‘Hot’ Economy In his own State of the Union response, Sanders called out Trump’s racism toward Latinos, and noted that his speech glazed over economic inequality.
By Matt Stieb
state of the union address
Feb. 6, 2019
The State of the Union Is Delusion A con man just stiltedly recited a litany of his own willful fantasies, and America’s — while a basket of respectables hooted and hollered.
By Eric Levitz
state of the union address
Feb. 6, 2019
Abrams Delivers in State of the Union Response It was the best SOTU response in years, and showed why southern — and not just southern — Democrats are excited about her future.
By Ed Kilgore
state of the union address
Feb. 6, 2019
What You Missed in the 2019 State of the Union Address We may forget the details from Trump’s 84-minute speech by next week, but these GIFs will live on.
By Adam K. Raymond
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Trump to Democrats: Let’s Compromise — and Do It My Way! Another presidential address advertised as a bipartisan gesture turned out to be anything but that.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 5, 2019
The State of the Union Is Crooked Trump demands an end to all investigations of his crooked administration.
By Jonathan Chait
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Don’t Trust Whatever Trump Says About Fighting HIV and AIDS Tonight The Trump administration is too hostile to Obamacare and Medicaid to really help people who are living with the chronic disease.
By Sarah Jones
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Here’s a Real Bipartisan Idea: Make Trump Leave If He Loses in 2020 Since Republicans are so excited about comity, they should agree to eject Trump from the White House if he loses in 2020 but claims “voter fraud.”
By Ed Kilgore
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Abolish the State of the Union Address Rather than delivering a delayed address that won’t change anyone’s border wall stance, Trump should have seized the chance to end a dumb tradition.
By Ed Kilgore
melania trump
Feb. 4, 2019
First Lady Invites 11-Year-Old to SOTU Because He Is Bullied for His Name: Trump The First Lady doesn’t want anyone making fun of a Trump — all 4,788 of them living in America.
By Matt Stieb
state of the union address
Feb. 4, 2019
Stacey Abrams’s State of the Union Response is a Golden Opportunity Responses to presidential State of the Union Addresses are often unmemorable, but Stacey Abrams has a chance to make a difference.
By Ed Kilgore
state of the union address
Jan. 24, 2019
By Adam K. Raymond
state of the union address
Jan. 23, 2019
Pelosi to Trump: No State of the Union Until You’ve Cleaned Up Your Mess If the president doesn’t end his shutdown by next Tuesday, the Speaker won’t let him onto her podium.
By Eric Levitz
government shutdown
Jan. 16, 2019
Pelosi Strongly Suggests That Trump Postpone State of the Union There’s no reason the House should have to host Trump’s televised speech, particularly when he’s shut down the government.
By Ed Kilgore
Forget the State of the Union Address: Trump Wants a Military Parade Trump wasn’t joking about wanting a great big jingoistic display. It’s happening.
By Ed Kilgore
Of Course Trump Is Lying About His State of the Union Ratings The speech did not draw record TV ratings, despite Trump’s claim.
By Adam K. Raymond
Missing From Trump’s Big Speech: Small Government It’s significant how little lip service Trump paid to conservative fiscal policy.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s ‘Unity’ Speech Was Actually Extremely Partisan We were told Trump would offer an uplifting appeal to bipartisanship tonight. That was false advertising.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 28, 2017
Why Trump’s Call for Unity Is a Lie Some slight familiarity with the details reveals how hollow the president’s offer is.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 28, 2017
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan’s Phony War They want you to think Trump has a brand-new economic vision. He doesn’t.
By Jonathan Chait