Daily Wire co-founder and editor emeritus Ben Shapiro will deliver a formal response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Shapiro’s speech, titled “The Real State of the Union,” will start 15 minutes after the conclusion of Biden’s address. Shapiro’s remarks will be streamed live at DailyWire.com and on The Daily Wire’s YouTube page.
“Joe Biden’s presidency has been an unmitigated disaster,” Shapiro said in a statement. “My response to his State of the Union speech will be immediate, responsive to his address, and free of focus group tested lines. It will be the pure, unvarnished truth. We will hold the president accountable for his record and his lies.”
Traditionally, the major opposing party gives a response to the State of the Union directly after. This year, Republicans tapped Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to give the GOP response immediately following Biden’s address.
The president is facing rare opposition from within his own party to the State of the Union. By Tuesday morning, three Democratic members of Congress had announced plans to deliver responses to the commander-in-chief. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Rep. Colin Allred of Texas plan to give progressive responses to the president’s speech. Tlaib is speaking on behalf of the Working Families Party and Allred is speaking on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus.
The Biden administration is facing multiple problems and crises at home and abroad as he readies his first State of the Union address since taking over the Oval Office. Inflation, supply chain problems, immigration, and legal battles over COVID-19 mandates are a few of the major issues that have riled Biden’s first year in office.
Internationally, Biden oversaw a chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 American service members dead and hundreds trapped behind Taliban lines. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The domestic and international upheaval has worn on Americans’ assessment of Biden, as U.S. voters have trended against Biden in the polls. Last week, a poll found that most Americans consider Biden’s first year in office a failure. As The Daily Wire reported:
A majority of Americans say President Joe Biden’s first year in office was a failure, following foreign and domestic policy failures such as the Afghanistan withdrawal, inflation, and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
A new poll, conducted by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll found that 56% of respondents said Biden’s first year in office was a failure, while just 39% said it was a success, NPR reported.
“What’s more, 54% said he’s not fulfilling his campaign promises, and 52% said he has done more to divide the country than unite it, despite uniting the country being a pillar of Biden’s 2020 presidential run,” the outlet noted.
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