What Went Down During President Biden’s Speech To Congress

I think both Biden’s and Scott’s rhetorical strategies on race just summed up contemporary American politics. White people’s views on race are a hugely powerful force, and Republicans are trying to tap into it, while Democrats are trying to tiptoe around it.

My 2024 thoughts are complicated. But if there’s a “less-Trumpy” lane, perhaps Scott will make a bid for it.

I think he did quite well, Galen. He sounded a bit tense at first but really loosened up as he went along, and it felt a little more “in the moment” than Biden’s speech, acknowledging the current tension in the country, though, of course, with a Republican framing of it.