Philadelphia Councilman Nicolas O’Rourke targeted President Joe Biden in the wake of his State of the Union address, signaling he’s in danger of ostracizing the very people who got him elected four years ago.
O’Rourke, a member of the Working Families Party who was chosen to deliver the progressive response to Biden’s speech, pointed to two “humanitarian crises” in his criticism of Biden and his administration: the war in Gaza and the crisis at the southern border.
“Philadelphians, including WFP voters, helped put Joe Biden in office in 2020,” the Philadelphia councilman said toward the beginning of his speech. “Tonight, we have a message for the president.”
The war in Gaza and Trump-era immigration policies are “out of step” with their values, according to O’Rourke, and Biden is “endangering the coalition that elected you in
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