A Malfunctioning Joe Biden Delivers an Incoherent Speech on a Dead Agenda – Opinion

Joe Biden’s State of the Union lingered far too long, but the general theme was made clear within the first 30 minutes: This is a man with no accomplishments and he knows it.

Sincerelly, as a conservative I was expecting more. Biden’s speech was badly written, devoid of memorable moments, and came across as a rehash of everything he’s been saying for the last two years. The applause lines felt painfully manufactured, and the president often stumbled over his words — and that’s when he wasn’t coughing.

In an apparent attempt to make the audience more comfortable with the topic of Ukraine, the first portion of the speech was focused on that country. Instead of creating a moment of unity, Biden began to ramble about Iranians and the pounds of Ukrainians.

BIDEN: Putin will “never gain the hearts and souls of the *Iranian* people.” pic.twitter.com/22cR8ajLxU

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 2, 2022

BIDEN: “…and a pound of Ukrainian people. The proud, proud people, pound for pound, ready to fight with every inch of energy they have…” pic.twitter.com/QrM6b0Djun

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 2, 2022

It only got worse. Another time, the president tried to give an applause speech about the rust belt but it was a failure.

Biden’s delivery of a statement about the rustbelt is completely faulty pic.twitter.com/dLD1ACE5Tz

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 2, 2022

It’s just a stutter, guys.

I expected Biden to have meltdowns. What I didn’t expect was for his speechwriter to be so inept. A president who is in the 30s regarding approval rating is not doing well, the last thing they need to do is group together his most embarrassing moments from the previous two years to deliver them again. Think I’m exaggerating? He retold the “joke” about deer wearing kevlar vests as a plug for gun control.

Biden spoke for more than half an hour about the Build Back Better bill. Problem? That bill is dead and isn’t coming back. Besides, does anyone think the average American suffering under record inflation is excited to pay for someone else’s childcare? People have seen what “more government” gets them over the last year, and by and large, they aren’t interested in another dose.

The rest was the same. Biden continued to push for price control, plug free COVID-19 test (which have been delayed), then spent some time in burn pits in Iraq while his son died from cancer. These two events are not connected. This speech was so ineffective! It was so unimpactful that I’m having trouble right now even recalling anymore of it to mention. It’s like he woke up this afternoon, took his meds, and then gave this speech thinking it was January of 2021.

This was a speech from a president who believes he has a 60 percent approval rating when it’s actually 37 percent. The speech was from someone who didn’t have anything to add because his presidency had been disastrous. I understand he had to go out there and say something, but everything about Biden’s rhetoric smacked of spitting into the wind. He’s learned no lessons and he’s going to keep driving the country over a cliff. Even on the issue of gas prices, instead of pledging to increase domestic production, he went back to the well (or rather, he didn’t) of promising to release oil from the strategic reserves.

As to where I think things go next, I’m sure the media will proclaim this speech as a brilliant reset that has unified the country. However, no one from outside of the Beltway saw it as they watched. Here, there will not be a polling rebound. Biden’s performance was meandering at best and incoherent at worst. Even worse, the performance offered no solution for Americans in need. It was, in short, a complete failure.