This is Mr Biden’s first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden pledged to work with the opposition party on Tuesday in a State of the Union speech that served as an olive branch to sceptical Republicans and a blueprint for his 2024 re-election bid.Mr Biden cited progress in a post-pandemic economy and stressed that a bitterly divided Congress could overcome its differences.“I look forward to working with you,” Mr Biden said at the start of his remarks on Tuesday night.
“To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together in this new Congress,” he said. “Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere,” Mr Biden added. Seeking to project optimism ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign, Mr Biden said the economy is benefiting from 12 million new jobs, Covid-19 no longer controls American lives, and US democracy remains intact.Mr Biden added that the US has emerged stronger from the pandemic.
“Two years ago, Covid had shut down our businesses, closed our schools, and robbed us of so much,” he said. “Today, Covid no longer controls our lives.”
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