Alabama legislators are responding to the State of the Union Speech given by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The 62-minute speech touched on the war abroad and worries at home. Biden resolved to fight against Russia’s aggression while tending to inflation, COVID-19 fatigue, and sagging approval ratings.
Sen. Richard Shelby responded to the speech, arguing that Biden’s promises to the American people are “empty.”
“This evening during President Biden’s first State of the Union address, he spoke of unity and bipartisan cooperation. However, I have yet to see Democrats attempt to pass sensible legislation that’s palatable to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Instead of focusing on a failing economic agenda and the expansion of big-government programs, we could be funding our nation’s defense capabilities. Our adversaries need to know that our military remains the best trained, best prepared, and best-equipped fighting force in the world. Russia and China are watching how the United States handles matters of national security. Now is the time for President Biden to prioritize the safety of our country,” Shelby stated.
“Currently, Americans are experiencing record-high inflation rates triggered by Democrats’ reckless spending, as well as a drastic increase in violent crime and illegal immigration. Our economy has grown more and more fragile since this Administration has been at the helm. Something must change. It is my hope that President Biden will fulfill his promise to be a president for all America and work with Republicans to improve our country. His Administration must stand firm in the face of Russia and China, ditch partisan policies, and find real solutions to the problems facing our nation,” Shelby concluded.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville issued a press release expressing Biden’s failure to unite the nation.
“The State of the Union was the perfect opportunity for President Biden to assert leadership that has been sorely lacking since he took office. Families across the nation were watching and waiting for the President to address the issues keeping them up at night. Americans deserve a plan to combat rising prices and secure our borders. They deserve answers about the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Americans who were stranded there. And they deserve a commitment to regain America’s energy independence after it was completely undermined by the president’s embrace of far-Left climate policies,“ Tuberville stated.
“Tonight, these real-world problems were willingly overlooked by President Biden, who instead focused on ways to pull our country farther Left. For example, he touted an infrastructure package that will spend more on his radical climate agenda than on repairing our roads and bridges. This moment required strong leadership and accountability. President Biden failed to deliver.“
Rep. Gary Palmer responded to Biden’s speech with criticism, mentioning rising inflation that has hurt the economy and a failed covid-19 response, calling it “political theater.”
He also expressed skepticism on how Biden will respond to the crisis in Ukraine.
“I spent time this past weekend in direct contact with Ukrainian leaders, including a member of their Parliament who has taken up a weapon and joined the resistance. He asked me to tell the Biden Administration and members of Congress that they will not give up,” Palmer stated. “He asked that we send weapons and that America increase our energy production to supply Europe and deny those markets to Russia so Putin can’t fund this invasion. He then asked me to share this message with every member of Congress and the Biden Administration. He said, ‘Every barrel of Russian oil and every cubic meter of Russian gas is stained with the blood of Ukraine.’
“The Biden Administration and my Democrat colleagues will not utilize America’s vast energy resources in defense of Ukraine and the rest of Europe because it is contrary to their climate change agenda. In response, I would point out to them that in Europe, the climate has already changed. Instead of rising temperatures, we are witnessing a rising death toll as a climate of war now hangs over Europe. The courage and determination of the Ukrainian people in their struggle for their country has inspired the world. Their struggle will be recorded in history as the epitome of people who are determined to live in freedom. I can only hope President Biden and his Administration will step up before it’s too late.”
Rep. Mo Brooks stated in a press release, “Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was high on rhetoric and wishful thinking but low on viable solutions and substance.”
Brooks continued, “Joe Biden did at least one thing right. By presiding over a ‘no masks required’ State of the Union, Biden tacitly and finally admitted that, for more than a year and a half, Socialist Democrat politics have betrayed actual COVID-19 science, all for partisan, political gain. So wasteful. So fear-mongering. So tragic.”
Brooks concluded, “In sum, Joe Biden looked like a stage magician attempting sleight of hand as he sought to trick the American people into thinking America is on track. Well, the American people aren’t falling for it. They have learned the hard way that Biden’s track is a dangerous and destructive dead end. If Joe Biden thinks that he can get away with ignoring his administration’s failures he’s wrong. Biden may wear rose-tinted glasses over all that makeup but the American people don’t have the luxury of ignoring the harsh realities of Biden’s disastrous policies. The American people have to live with it, and, quite frankly, we’re sick of it.”
