What Went Down During President Biden’s Speech To Congress

Julia, it’s just another way Biden is leaning into a “return to normalcy.” Even if that’s not necessarily true, it might be how some people interpret it, and it was essentially one of the appeals Biden made during the 2020 campaign.

The camera just panned to Ted Cruz, who was either actually falling asleep or pretending to. We’re debating on slack which one it was. Obviously, the tweet writes itself. “That speech put me to sleep, etc, etc.”

This is much more like a standard State of the Union with a policy laundry list — with some 100 days stuff mixed in — than a speech that digs into systemic issues.