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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Thursday night aimed to remind People how the financial system has recovered because the COVID-19 pandemic, and draw a pointy distinction between himself and Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Biden, 81, didn’t point out Trump, 77, by title, however he made clear jabs at Trump and Republicans who’ve blocked a invoice with assist for Ukraine and restricted abortion rights across the nation:
UKRAINE “I say this to Congress: Now we have to face as much as [Vladimir] Putin. Ship me a bipartisan nationwide safety invoice. Historical past is actually watching.”
ABORTION RIGHTS
“With all due respect, Justices, ladies are usually not with out electoral … or political energy. You’re about to appreciate how a lot you are improper about that.”
“Clearly these bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade haven’t any clue concerning the energy of girls in America … If People ship me a Congress that helps the correct to decide on I promise you: I’ll restore Roe v. Wade because the regulation of the land once more.”
ECONOMIC COMEBACK
“America’s comeback is constructing a way forward for American prospects, constructing an financial system from the center out and the underside up.”
AGE
“In my profession, I have been advised I used to be too younger … and I have been advised I am too outdated. Whether or not younger or outdated, I’ve at all times recognized what endures.”
OTHER PEOPLE HIS AGE
“My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy … To respect everybody. To provide everybody a good shot. To provide hate no protected harbor. Now another individuals my age see a unique story: an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution. That is not me.”
The phrase “revenge and retribution” echoes a Biden speech marking the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 assaults on the U.S. Capitol by Trump loyalists.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
“It wasn’t that way back when a Republican president, Ronald Reagan, thundered ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.’ Now my predecessor, a former Republican president, tells Putin: ‘Do regardless of the hell you need.'””My message to President Putin, who I’ve recognized for a very long time, is easy: We won’t stroll away. We won’t bow down. I can’t bow down.”
