r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Marjorie Taylor Greene makes me sick.

133 Upvotes

How is she even there? What a hack. She rides for team stupid, that's for sure. Same with Matt Gaetz and of course Lauren Boebert. All American trash.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Kamala should just stand for the whole speech.

127 Upvotes

If she's going to stand up and clap every 30 seconds... lol


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Even if you don’t like the guy

113 Upvotes

You have to admit that just his goals are something to admire. If you don’t really think he means that he’s gonna help people, respect that he even says he wants to. The other guy doesn’t even pretend to care about you. I prefer a candidate that shows a respect for the office and his constituents.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Katie Britt’s Republican Response was Cringe - Convince me I am wrong

104 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

I’m not a fan of Biden…

95 Upvotes

Personally, I found his speech to actually be good.

He used this moment to challenge his opposing party, which to me is a good tactic.

I liked his personality tonight. His sarcasm, wittiness, and jokes were helpful to liven the evening.

The topics that challenged his opposing party and made them uncomfortable were on full display. Then, you saw political members groan in upset when they were called out for the topics of their bills being worked on.

As the election comes closer, I’m not a fan of Donald Trump and wished he wasn’t the nominee for the Republican Party.

But if this was the speech to attract undecided voters like myself, using this time to call out his party members, showing their true colors, this was the speech.

This SOTU proved one thing: one side is unwilling to work with the other side. And they’re not here to help you or me.

I’m not sure who I plan to vote for but Biden certainly attracted my likeness tonight.

Take away comment: The border. “We could fight about the border or we could fix it now.” This was a powerful comment for me!


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Feb 08 '23

Someone tell that bitch Marjorie Taylor Greene to shut the fuck up

87 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Katie Britt - WTF

81 Upvotes

Not sure if I just watched an SNL skit or the GOP response. Soccer Mom on steroids.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Jan 22 '12

Chris Hedges Sues Obama Admin over Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens -- "As someone who’s lived in countries where the military has that kind of power - someone who had friends disappeared into military gulags - I think we have unleashed something that is truly terrifying."

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r/StateOfTheUnion • • Jan 19 '12

The globally praised Khan Academy comes out against SOPA and PIPA in this explainer video, which does a really excellent job of digging into the implications of the law.

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75 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • May 13 '12

The bison are returning to Montana

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73 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Feb 14 '11

The republicans have proposed a budget that will cut funding for public broadcast. This bill is backed by Fox News, and would cut funding to PBS and NPR (HR 69). Please help!!

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71 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

For an old guy, he’s more relevant, accurate and on point than the other old (fat) guy.

69 Upvotes

He’s funnier too... without having to be an asshole.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

WE NEED TERM LIMITS!!!

65 Upvotes

Just an observation… but these “leaders” are way too old!!


r/StateOfTheUnion • • May 11 '12

Is America a civilised country? A view from Europe

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59 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

This might get me downvoted...

56 Upvotes

But Biden fucking killed it last night! The rhetoric that he has dementia is insane and I highly doubt the people making such criticisms could perform the way he had for the entire hour.

I am confident that if you gave Trump that opportunity, he would have talked in circles, repeating the same tired, incoherent, psychobabble that he opens with in the first 10 minutes. And 10 minutes is being generous, realistically it'd be the first 5 minutes of his speech on repeat but I digress.

Oh, and Mike Johnson has to have one of the most punchable looking faces I have ever seen. What a smug asshole.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • May 22 '12

The Government We Deserve: Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.

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55 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Sep 27 '11

Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education

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54 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

MTG never passes up a chance to look like an idiot

53 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 02 '22

Anyone else sick of the amount of clapping and standing that’s occurring?

53 Upvotes

After I’ve counted at least 28 claps and 22 moments of standing. This is a serious time and yet most of these guys are trying to be the first to clap and stand… if I didn’t hate media bias I’d turn this shit off now lmao

Edit: I am convinced that most of these politicians are just copying Kamala and the state rep. They stopped paying attention after Biden was shaking hands.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Both parties used to agree to decorum showing we put the country first. This is terrible.

51 Upvotes

It used to be unthinkable anyone interrupt the president. The whole exercise was to show we could stop once a year at least to remember we were American first and party secondly. Now it’s a Jerry springer episode.

I believe this is intentional. There is a point to this. There is an active interest to put us at each others throats. Are you better off than you were 10, 15 years ago? Is this the way you want your country to be? Have you seen other countries and how they live? America is a threadbare shadow of what it once was.


r/StateOfTheUnion • • May 26 '12

Nancy Pelosi writes to John Boehner saying she'd be willing to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone with incomes below $1 million.

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51 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Mar 08 '24

Why is Katie Britt giving her GOP speech in a KITCHEN? Would any man shoot their speech from a freaking kitchen??? SMH -we still have a long way to go ladies.

50 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Dec 02 '11

Blame Jimmy Carter for all the airline bankruptcies. Or better yet, thank him

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50 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Jul 25 '11

How the deficit got this big

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50 Upvotes

r/StateOfTheUnion • • Jul 22 '11

G.O.P. Governors Swing Right, Leaving Voters Behind: Crunching the Data

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50 Upvotes