Former President Donald Trump did not hesitate to respond to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol Building Tuesday evening, an event that was marked at times by rowdy behavior from the assembled members of Congress.
According to a copy of Trump’s speech obtained by the Daily Caller, the former president called his the “real State of the Union,” which focused on inflation, high gas prices, and the ongoing crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border. He added that the Biden administration is “waging war” on free speech while moving to persecute political opponents of the administration and Democrats in general.
He went on to note that he’s running for the GOP nomination again next year and that he wants to complete the “unfinished business” of making America great once more.
“Over the past two years, under Biden, millions and millions of illegal aliens from 160 different countries have stormed across our southern border. Drug cartels are now raking in billions of dollars from smuggling poison to kill our people and to kill our children,” he said.
“Savage killers, rapists and violent criminals are being released from jail to continue their crime wave. And under Biden, the murder rate has reached the highest in the history of our country,” Trump added.
“Biden and the radical Democrats have wasted trillions of dollars and caused the worst inflation in half a century. Real wages are down 21 months in a row. Gas prices have soared and are now going up much higher than even before. And the typical American family is paying $2,200 in increased energy and food costs each year,” Trump continued.
“Joe Biden’s weaponized Justice Department — and I’m a victim of it — is persecuting his political opponents. His administration is waging war on free speech. They are trying to indoctrinate and mutilate our children. He’s leading us to the brink of World War III,” he noted further. “And on top of all of that, he’s the most corrupt president in American history, and it’s not even close. But the good news is we are going to reverse every single crisis, calamity, and disaster that Joe Biden has created.
“I am running for president to end the destruction of our country and to complete the unfinished business of making America great again. We will make our country better than ever before, and we will always put America first,” he said.
During his address, Biden did not refer to the GOP as “MAGA Republicans,” reportedly at the urging of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), nor did he mention his predecessor.
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