What Went Down During President Biden’s Speech To Congress

Now we are hearing Scott give his rebuttal to Biden’s address. As we saw with Biden, when most politicians address a primetime audience, they avoid hyping their bases with controversial topics. For example, as we mentioned, Biden emphasized the economy over racial inequality. Scott is the only Black Republican in the Senate, and part of his role is to talk to a nation, the majority of which, according to polls, thought the last Republican president was racist. His presence in prime time aims to undercut that view of the Republican Party.

I wonder if Scott will mention police reform, especially since he’s carrying the GOP’s version of a policing bill.

Scott is hitting on a pretty standard Republican talking point — that schools should fully reopen. And he used it to connect to school-choice plans, which Republicans strongly support.