Urging voters to reject 'resentment, revenge and retribution,' U.S. President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address Thursday to make his case for a second term to a dispirited electorate and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative.
U.S. President Joe Biden turned his State of the Union speech Thursday night into an animated argument for a second term as he laced into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing"resentment, revenge and retribution" and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.
"My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy," Biden said."A future based on the core values that have defined America: honesty, decency, dignity, equality. To respect everyone. To give everyone a fair shot. To give hate no safe harbour. Now some other people my age see a different story: an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution. That's not me.
White House aides said Biden was aiming to prove his doubters wrong by flashing his combative side and trying to needle Republicans over positions he believes are out of step with the country, particularly on access to abortion, but also tax policy and health care. It's part of his campaign-year effort to use even official speeches to clarify the choice for voters at the ballot box this fall.
Johnson, eager to avoid a similar episode this year, urged Republicans in a private meeting Wednesday to show"decorum" during the speech, according to a person familiar with his remarks to lawmakers. This year, Biden faced heightened emotions -- particularly among his base supporters -- over his staunch backing for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. The White House had initially hoped a short-term ceasefire would be in place by the speech. It blames Hamas for not yet accepting a deal brokered by the U.S. and its allies.
The GOP-controlled House has refused to act on a Senate-passed version of the aid legislation, insisting on new stiffer measures to limit migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, after Trump used his influence to help sink a bipartisan compromise that would have done just that. The White House also invited union leaders, a gun control advocate, and others that Jill Biden and her husband have met as they travelled the country promoting his agenda. The prime minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, will attend to mark his country's accession to NATO in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Biden entered the speech with work to do shoring up his standing. Just 38 per cent of U.S. adults approve of how he is handling his job as president, while 61 per cent disapprove, according to a recent survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The Biden campaign said it would host more than 200 watch parties around the country Thursday night, including in cities, suburbs and rural towns in battleground states. Campaign officials will use the events to recruit volunteers and encourage others to get involved in Biden's re-election effort.
A clinical trial’s encouraging results won U.S. Food and Drug Administration breakthrough therapy status for an LSD formulation to treat generalized anxiety disorder, Mind Medicine Inc. announced Thursday.Fewer Canadians than at almost any point since the party was elected with Justin Trudeau as leader are considering voting for the federal Liberals, according to the latest tracking by Nanos Research.
Residents in Latchford Township, north of North Bay, Ont., are being asked to shelter in a safe place Thursday evening as Ontario Provincial Police conduct an investigation involving a suspect in the area that is believed to be "armed and dangerous."Marineland has been found guilty under Ontario's animal cruelty laws of three charges related to its care of three black bears.
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