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In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Biden delivered tough talk against Russia, hailed a retiring Supreme Court justice, and was the subject of boos and jeers from Republicans.
Here are the top five moments from the speech.
1. Biden’s introduction
A smiling Biden walked into the House chamber, shaking hands with dozens of maskless lawmakers amid the traditional awkwardly long applause that lasted his entire walk to the podium.
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The chamber was not as packed as it had been before the pandemic. There were approximately 600-700 people in attendance, in contrast to the 1,600 or so it can accommodate for a State of the Union address.
President Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
(Win McNamee, Pool via AP)
But Tuesday’s speech saw far more people in attendance than the approximately 200 that witnessed Biden’s joint session address to Congress in 2021. And the event looked like a presidential speech of great pomp and circumstance. It looked like the State of the Union.
“Last year COVID-19 kept us apart,” Biden said to begin his speech. “This year we’re finally together again.”
2. United on Ukraine
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were wearing Ukraine flag ribbons, waving Ukrainian flags and giving the president standing ovations for his comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Americans, Biden boomed, have an “unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.”
“Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over,” Biden said. “Instead, he met with… a wall of strength he never anticipated or…
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