Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: Five things Biden should do at his State of the Union address
, for getting schools back open and for rolling out effective antibody treatments. With few exceptions the people who remain at risk of death or serious illness are the willfully unvaccinated. Biden should urge them to get on board because the rest of us will be returning to normal.Fourth, Biden should be candid: The state of our democracy remains frightfully fragile. He needs to explain the assault on democracy by authoritarians and would-be-authoritarians and debunk their attacks .
In this context, he should talk about Ukraine — why it is vital to prevent authoritarians from changing borders by force, dictating other countries’ choices and upsetting international order. Just as we must defend our democracy at home, we must assist Ukraine in its fight for survival and force Russia to pay a terrible price for its unprovoked and unconscionable aggression.
Finally, Biden needs to pick a few items — not the full Build Back Better laundry list — to pursue going forward. Add to that list crime-prevention measures. Democrats must show voter they care about their safety and are committed to doing what they can to make certain that well-trained and paid cops are on the job.
And that’s it. Keep the speech under an hour. Remind voters where we came from and how our economy has improved. Acknowledge and promise a downturn in inflation. Take a victory lap on covid. Address the crisis in democracy here and abroad. Then pick a couple of to-do items. If he can do that, this State of the Union will be among the better ones in recent memory.
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