The Report Card Is In: See How Former Speechwriters Rated Biden's SOTU

Written By BlabberBuzz | Wednesday, 08 February 2023 07:25 PM
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According to a Fox News report, former White House speechwriters have evaluated President Biden's most recent State of the Union and have awarded him with grades ranging from an "A" to a "D.

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In his State of the Union speech, Biden highlighted his government's fiscal strategies, stressing the importance of his landmark infrastructure plan and the development of job opportunities. He also stressed his intention to bring unity and collaborate with Congress in a bipartisan way.

Some Republicans openly disagreed with some of the statements in his address, most notably the assertion that some members of the GOP desired to decrease Medicare and Social Security benefits.

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Shadowing his speech was the incident of the Chinese reconnaissance balloon that was shot down a few days ago, making the already-strained relations between the two countries even more intricate.

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Experts have lauded Biden's efforts to promote bipartisanship in good faith but feel he did not address the threats of China's policies as forcefully as he should have. The consensus was that his speech was a rehearsal for a potential presidential run in 2024.

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David Wilezol, who previously served as the chief speechwriter of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and is the leader of ghostwriting organization Seventh Floor Strategies, graded Joe Biden with a "D."

According to Fox News Digital, Wilezol's thoughts on Biden's State of the Union address were incredibly dull, with no memorable lines or courageous stances despite its hour-long length. It was instead filled with a slew of potential political selling points that may be beneficial yet ultimately lacked any substantial qualities.

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David Litt, an ex-senior speechwriter for President Obama, declared that Biden's speech was worthy of a high grade of "A."

The MAGA-supporting politicians who lost the midterm elections will likely not approve of the State of the Union speech, according to Litt, who spoke to Fox News Digital. However, it was the moderate and independent voters who made the large Democratic victories in November, and this speech was directed at them.

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Dr. Jonathan Bronitsky, who formerly served as the head speechwriter for Attorney General Bill Barr and is a co-founder of the public relations agency and literary company ATHOS in Washington D.C., gave Joe Biden a "C+" rating, stating that Biden's performance was not particularly reassuring but did feature a few bipartisan proposals.

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He commented that Biden had eliminated previous remarks regarding "MAGA Republicans," stating that Biden "discovered that demonizing half of the citizenry isn’t conducive to bringing people together."

According to Bronitsky, the initial part of the address, which concentrated on aiding the "American working class," was bipartisan. It echoed former President Trump's "forgotten man and woman" comments, but it also demonstrated that the administration knows that "its zealous enthusiasm for wokeness and other weirdness is alienating large swaths of the American public needed to win a national election."

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Rob Noel, the president of Washington Writers Network and ex-speechwriter for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, assigned Joe Biden a "C+" grade.

Noel stated that, while the words regarding bipartisanship were appropriate and his delivery seemed to be earnest and dynamic in comparison to prior speeches, the rhetoric was simply a recycling of old material.

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