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Arizona lawmakers pan, praise Biden’s combative State of the Union address
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden delivered a combative State of the Union address last Thursday that laid out his achievements and baited Republicans for not doing more, a tone that did not sit well with Arizona’s GOP lawmakers.
Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Tucson, called it a “divisive” address that sounded “more like a campaign speech than anything else,” noting that Biden repeatedly targeted former President Donald Trump while glossing over other issues.
“He (Biden) mentioned his predecessor more than anything that I heard him say. So, he was obsessed with that, making comparisons, and quite frankly, when you compare where we were as a nation … it isn’t even close,” Ciscomani said.
Democrats, not surprisingly, praised the speech both for its tone and for the agenda Biden laid out. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Phoenix, said he was pleased to hear Biden talk about “kitchen table issues.”
“I was very pleased to hear him put forward a plan to lower the cost of, especially, first-time home ownership, which is one of the major issues facing us here in the United States of America,” Stanton said. “We need to bring back the child tax credit, ease the burden on middle-class taxpayers. That is a pocketbook issue as well.”
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Note: This story originally appeared on Cronkite News. It is published via a Creative Commons license. Cronkite News is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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