President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address aimed to both deliver a strong message to Russia about its war on Ukraine and reset Democrats’ political messaging on their domestic priorities. In a live Twitter Spaces conversation, Brookings Fellows John Hudak, Scott Anderson, and Molly Reynolds analyzed the president’s narrative vision of America’s role in the world and his party’s priorities on inflation, COVID-19, and voters’ top concerns heading into the midterm elections.
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Authors
Commentary
PodcastDid Biden’s State of the Union speech meet the moment?
Scott R. Anderson,
Scott R. Anderson
Fellow
- Governance Studies,
General Counsel and Senior Editor
- Lawfare
@S_R_Anders
John Hudak, and
John Hudak
Former Brookings Expert,
Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy
- Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services
Molly E. Reynolds
Molly E. Reynolds
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies
@mollyereynolds
March 2, 2022