Sarah Huckabee Sanders Outshines the President

While Biden gives a third-rate huckster State of the Union address, the Arkansas governor’s rebuttal was a riveting, high-content speech that was extraordinarily well-delivered.

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Governor Sanders delivers the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address, February 7, 2023, at Little Rock. Al Drago/Bloomberg, pool

The star of the show in last night’s State of the Union festivities was certainly not President Biden, who gave a third-rate huckster speech — cherry-picking phony numbers and quoting meaningless GOP backbencher statements about Social Security and Medicare. 

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