What Went Down During President Biden’s Speech To Congress

It was a focused speech, and Biden touched on a lot of hot-button issues: guns, immigration, raising the minimum wage, voting rights, COVID-19, vaccine distribution, the economy, etc. But I can’t help but come back to the fact that Biden’s remarks about race and police reform were relegated to the tail end of his speech.

My takeaway is pretty similar to Galen’s. You could imagine a situation in which this was a different kind of speech, which emphasized more systemic issues or the threats to democracy. This was a very standard format. But the content of the economic agenda was stunning: a strong defense of unions and a straightforward attack on inequality.

My takeaway is that Biden gave a relatively subdued speech that actually described a quite aggressive policy agenda. But that’s Biden in a nutshell, isn’t it?