The State of the Presidency

 Ed Morrissey:

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At first, it sounded more like “Go get ’em,” which … would still be utterly meaningless. After listening a few times, it sounds pretty clear that Biden said “him.” So who’s “him”? It can’t be Vladimir Putin, since it’s Biden’s task to deal with foreign policy. Maybe it’s his Secret Service body man for the trip back up the aisle?

At any rate, this turned out to be the only unpredictable or indeed even notable part of Biden’s SOTU. It started off well enough with his remarks on Ukraine, expressing the massive bipartisan consensus in the US that we should support Ukrainians and punish the Russians. Even at that, Biden didn’t offer anything remarkable or particularly inspiring; Boris Johnson, for instance, has been more assertive about punishing Russia, and Volodymyr Zelensky has offered far more powerful and inspiring rhetoric over the last few days. Still, Biden at least understood this moment and addressed it competently, wisely leading with it to underscore the importance of the Ukrainian resistance.

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This was just the closing on a speech that mixed malaprops and weird statements with random incoherence.  There was a statement about the bravery of the "Iranian people surrounded in Kyiv."  Even Kamala Harris noticed this "say what" moment.

See, also:

Fact check of Biden's State of the Union includes his false claim about suing gun makers and exaggerated statements about jobs HE created, climate change, taxes on the rich and chokehold bans

And: 

‘A Pound of Ukrainian People’? 10 Brain Freezes in Joe Biden’s State of the Union Delivery

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