{"id":13160,"date":"2024-03-08T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/former-presidential-speechwriters-call-bidens-state-of-the-union-address-an-utter-disgrace\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T16:28:59","slug":"former-presidential-speechwriters-call-bidens-state-of-the-union-address-an-utter-disgrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/former-presidential-speechwriters-call-bidens-state-of-the-union-address-an-utter-disgrace\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Presidential Speechwriters Call Biden&#8217;s State of the Union Address an &#8216;Utter Disgrace&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former presidential speechwriters called President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union Address Thursday night an \u201cutter disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden took constant aim at former President Donald Trump, whom he only referred to as \u201chis predecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the most partisan\u00a0State of the Union\u00a0I\u2019ve heard in my lifetime,\u201d Bill McGurn, who served as chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo outreach to Republicans, and the clear message was this: the era of big government is back, with a vengeance,\u201d McGurn added.<\/p>\n<p>The president also mispronounced the name of\u00a0Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student recently murdered by an illegal alien while out on a run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Laken Riley? Say her name!\u201d\u00a0Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shouted at Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLincoln Riley!\u201d Biden responded to Greene. \u201cAn innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. That\u2019s right. But how many of thousands of people have been killed by illegals? To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you, having lost children myself. I understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden just confused Laken Riley, a college student killed by an illegal immigrant, with USC football coach Lincoln Riley. This just happened. The man\u2019s brain is mush. Incredibly disrespectful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxYP3k174X\">pic.twitter.com\/SxYP3k174X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1765939554253443116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>House Republicans\u00a0wore pins\u00a0honoring Riley at the address, while Rep.\u00a0Mike Collins\u00a0(R-GA) left a seat empty in honor of Riley and her friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>The President threatened Supreme Court justices seated a few feet away during the speech, speaking about the court\u2019s ruling putting abortion back in the hands of the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect, Justices, Women are not without electrical power! Excuse me, electoral or political power,\u201d Biden told the Justices in attendance. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden THREATENS the Supreme Court:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With all due respect, Justices, Women are not without electrical power! Excuse me, electoral or political power. You&#8217;re about to realize just how much you&#8217;re\u2026&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KkZqS7OqI6\">pic.twitter.com\/KkZqS7OqI6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1765930182135648542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Marc Theissen, who also served as a speechwriter for Bush,\u00a0said Biden\u2019s speech was an \u201cutter disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacking his opponent directly in the first minutes of his speech is unprecedented and perhaps the most partisan start to a State of the Union address in modern memory,\u201d Theissen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who helped write several SOTUs and who reveres this important presidential institution, I\u2019m stunned by this address,\u201d Thiessen continued. \u201cIt\u2019s an utter disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/former-presidential-speechwriters-call-bidens-state-of-the-union-address-an-utter-disgrace\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential speechwriters called President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union Address Thursday night an \u201cutter disgrace.\u201d Biden took constant aim at former President Donald Trump, whom he only referred to as \u201chis predecessor.\u201d \u201cThis was the most partisan\u00a0State of the Union\u00a0I\u2019ve heard in my lifetime,\u201d Bill McGurn, who served as chief speechwriter for President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}