President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address Thursday night with the age issue hanging over his head, but in his remarks he debuted a new way of attempting to defuse it for the general election.
Biden reminded viewers in an energetic speech that former President Donald Trump is old too and implied the Republican is not keeping up with the times as well.
“My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy. A future based on the core values that have defined America: honesty, decency, dignity, equality,” Biden said. “To respect everyone. To give everyone a fair shot. To give hate no safe harbor.”
Then Biden moved in for the kill. “Now some other people my age see a different story: an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution,” he said.
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