Republicans gave a mixed reaction to President Joe Biden’s first statements in his State of the Union address.
Republicans responded positively to Biden’s bipartisan overtures and push for increasing U.S. manufacturing.
Biden acknowledged that Democrats sometimes “went it alone” during the last Congress—including the passage of over $2.6 trillion in spending with no GOP support.
However, he called for bipartisanship in the now-divided Congress.
“To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together in this new Congress,” Biden said.
Republicans gave the comment a standing ovation….