During his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7, President Joe Biden encouraged “unity” to “finish the job” and to make life easier for working Americans.
Minutes later, he chastised Republicans and wandered off script in response to boisterous boos and jeers.
Biden said that his administration has “cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion—the largest deficit reduction in American history” and that under his “predecessor,” the country’s deficit increased for four consecutive years.
“Because of those record deficits, no president added more to the national debt in any four years than my predecessor,” Biden explained.
“Nearly 25 percent of the entire national debt that took over 200 years to accumulate was added by just one administration alone—the last one,” he continued before Republicans in the chamber responded with resounding displeasure….