Missed the State of the Union address? Here are 9 of the most viral moments that everyone will be talking about.
President Joe Biden showed solidarity with Ukraine, discussed fighting inflation and called for raising the federal minimum wage and bringing manufacturing jobs back to America in his wide-ranging State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova got a bipartisan standing ovation Biden opened his speech addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unprovoked and premeditated” attack on Ukraine, which he said will make “Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger.” Biden then asked everyone in the House chamber who was able to stand up in a show of solidarity for Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, who was sitting with first lady Jill Biden.
That led to plenty of other jokes on Twitter, such as “how many pounds of Ukrainian are worth an Iranian?” ‘Fund the police. Fund them! “Fund the Police” was trending on Twitter after Biden called for pouring more money into training law enforcement officers and giving them the resources they need to protect their communities. “We should all agree, the answer is not to defund the police. It’s to fund the police. Fund them! Fund them!” he said.
While Biden was discussing border security, Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., were both heard chanting “Build the wall! Build the wall!” in the background. Reuters reported that one of the Democrats told them to “sit down.” Justice Breyer took the most adorable bow However, both sides of the aisle did come together to give retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer his due, as the president congratulated him for his lifetime of service. And Breyer’s “aw, shucks” response couldn’t have been more endearing. As Biden told him to stand up and take a bow, the 83-year-old judge put his hands over his heart, and then buried his face in his hands.
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