Written by Nihal Abu Al-Saud
Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:57 am
A number of Republican US Congressmen shouted the word “liar” during US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Tuesday, when he said that some in the Republican Party want to stop social security programs and take the US economy “hostage.”
And it was Biden During the speech, he attacked the Republican Party over the debt ceiling crisis before saying that some Republican lawmakers, whose names he did not disclose, called for cutting and stopping Medicare and Social Security programs..
A “false” chant was heard during the US President’s speech, although it was not clear who was cheering, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Green waved her hands in protest, while Representative Troy Niles was shouting in disapproval of Biden’s speech, and many Republican representatives shook their heads to express their disagreement with what he said. Said the American president.
At the beginning of his speech, Biden congratulated the new Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, and said that he was “looking forward to working with him.” This is the first time that Biden has delivered the union speech before a House controlled by the Republican Party.
Biden also congratulated Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries as the first black minority leader in the House of Representatives, as well as Senator Mitch McConnell for being the longest-serving leader in the Senate.
Biden thanked former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which was met with cheers from the Democrats, and Biden said: “I want to offer special appreciation to someone who I think will be considered the greatest president in the history of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.”