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State of Union 2024: What are your Expectations?

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  1. Buck Turgidson

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    If you would like to support my work, book a FREE healthcare review with my company, @americafirsthealthcare a company that helps Americans vote with their dollars with health insurance alternatives.

    This guy, he's not a good guy
     
  2. basso

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    say her name.


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    would hit so hard she'd be singing the chorus of the Immigrant Song
     
  3. NewRoxFan

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    Who... the senator who completely lied in her gop response? My gosh... how low does someone have to be to try to blame the current President for something that happened in Mexico and during GWB's presidency?
     
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    Biden says her name — Laken Riley — at the urging of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (msn.com)

    The death of Riley, a nursing student from Georgia, has become a rallying cry for Republicans, a tragedy that they say encompasses the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S-Mexico border amid a record surge of immigrants entering the country. An immigrant from Venezuela who entered the U.S. illegally has been arrested and charged with murder.

    Even before Biden started speaking in the State of the Union address on Thursday, the topic of border security was certain to rise as one of the most tense moments.

    The Democratic president was confronted as he walked into the House chamber by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the hard-line Republican, decked out in a red Trump MAGA hat and a T-shirt emblazoned with the message, which was also on a button she pressed into his hand.

    “Say her name,” it said, the phrase evoking the language used specifically from activists calling attention to the deaths of Black women at the hands of police.

    Midway through the speech, Biden started talking about border security and called on Congress to pass legislation to secure the border and modernize the country's outdated immigration laws, praising the bipartisan effort that collapsed when his likely Republican presidential rival, Donald Trump, opposed it.

    Greene interjected, “Say her name!”

    The congresswoman from Georgia yelled, pointing a finger and jabbing it toward Biden.

    And then Biden did just that.

    He held up the white button and said: “Laken Riley."

    But he mispronounced her first name so it sounded more like “Lincoln” to some, and the GOP critics instantly pounced.

    “It’s Laken Riley, Mr. President,” said the conservative Heritage Foundation on social media.

    Still, Biden spoke briefly of Riley's death and he made reference to his own family's trauma — his first wife and young daughter were killed in 1972 after an automobile crash. His son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015.

    And then Biden urged Congress to work together to pass a border security compromise.

    “Get this bill done!” Biden said.

    He even called on Trump to stop fighting against any border deal.

    “We can do it together,” he said.
     
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  5. Astrodome

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    I was surprised with the hateful comments about her appearance by the media and social media.
    1. Because liberals are tolerant.
    2. She is easy on the eyes.
     
  6. Andre0087

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    3. She’s faker than a three dollar bill…
    4. I’m not surprised you’re taking up for her.
     
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  7. Astrodome

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    I didn't say a word about her speech. I defended her appearance.

     
  8. NewRoxFan

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    I think I commented a few times on her appearance. Was that the main takeaway people should have come away with?
     
  9. FranchiseBlade

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    Most of what I have seen about her appearance wasn't necessarily even really about her appearance. It was the comparison made to the character from a fictional book and TV series. The character is played by an attractive actress. I think the negative was in comparing her actions to the character's.

    There may have been plenty of others that I didn't see. Pettiness is certainly not exclusive to MAGA.
     
  10. NewRoxFan

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    Oh my... your one time in the spotlight, and you get caught in a blatant lie. And this is how your comm's team responds?

     
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    It's always tragic when someone is murdered by some violent criminal. It's telling though when murders happen about every 30 minutes in this country and an immigrant doing the killing has become the scare threat put out by hard right groups and certain MAGA politicians in their defense for calling immigrants violent, poisonous criminals.
     
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  12. Amiga

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    It’s all politics. Don’t waste a tragedy. And definitely do not solve the problem before the election.
     
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  13. Amiga

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    I don’t know the person on the right, but she looks perfectly fine. I’m guessing that the post isn’t about physical appearance but character.
     
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    If anyone has ever had a family member with dementia, you know there is no amount of caffeine that can help.
     
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    It's rough.
     
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    I think he sped up his delivery to overcome his stuttering which wasn't enough to be noticable. Less time to think and just deliver what's on the prompter.

    The fact we're talking about this means his speech delivered above public expectations framed by the "kind of old man" leak a month ago
     
  17. Amiga

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    now watch that at 2x on YT :D (He has slow, normal, fast, and speedy gonzales part)

    People should watch it themselves and form their own conclusions instead of blindly following or towing the team spirit.
     
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    President Biden exceeded my expectations enormously.
     
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    1,5 is default for me. It's kind of annoying for others. :D

    I do replay sometimes if its playing in the background while working, but I would replay at normie speed anyways.
     
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  20. Amiga

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    1.25 is my default. 2x is a bit too fast for me to process. :)
     

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