 So as you all know, President Biden gave his first state-of-the-union speech yesterday and like all political youtubers I considered streaming this because that's what everyone else was doing But then I decided I loved myself too much So I decided to farm runes and Elden Ring instead while I listened to it in the background And I'm very much happy with my decision But because I wasn't actually watching it because I only listened to it I missed this insanely bizarre moment that I later discovered when I logged on to Twitter What was that? What is she doing? Can she not just pretend to be a normal human being? For a single hour until he finishes his speech. What is what is she doing? What is that? I don't even know how to process what we just saw there Jesus Christ But then there's also Chuck Schumer who didn't necessarily have the timing down when it comes to when you should stand up to applaud The American rescue plan Help working people Democratic Party leadership is just so embarrassing. They are a national embarrassment. They are humiliating. They're just Insufferable so I think that you already can kind of gather what my thoughts on the entire state of the union speech was given my attitude and my Overly cynical view of everything, but I mean I always am not very fond of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to be clear But when it comes to Joe Biden's speech look it wasn't all Bad, right? There were moments where I think he did a good job at being a presentable leader when he told Americans You're gonna be okay when he was discussing Ukraine in the context of possible nuclear war with Russia That's important. That's something that Trump would never do You do have to reassure citizens that things are going to be okay. Not just further fan the flames You're supposed to calm them down and that's what he did and I think that that was indeed important On top of that he bragged about his response to COVID-19 And I think that you should do that, you know The way that vaccines have been rolled out and have been widely available and free. That's important that matters He also talked about how he shipped more vaccines to developing countries than any other country and that's good Definitely not sufficient to be clear, but still something that I would indeed be bragging about if I were president But aside from that the speech I mean, I don't know how to describe it. It seemed pointless. I don't know what the point of the speech was It was a lot of empty rhetoric. He talked about his plans and things that he wants to in theory see happen He discussed the myriad ways Americans are suffering But he doesn't actually have a plan to fight for them. My plan is X my plan is this Hey, let's let Medicare negotiate drug prices. Let's do X. Let's do Y. The problem is that How are you going to fight for them? that's the key thing that we need to hear and since you failed to get your plan enacted into law because you have two members of Congress who you refuse to call out obstructing your agenda will make some announcements tonight I am signing an executive order announcing that I'm signing an executive order tomorrow cancelling all student debt moving Cannabis off of schedule one you could make so many exciting Announcements that would galvanize people but it didn't happen now perhaps, you know, I am too cynical because apparently according to polls people who tuned in seemed pretty happy I think the number was 78% of Americans approved of his speech But for me, I've been following politics for long enough to where I can see past the rhetoric politicians who Diagnose the problems and then propose plans. That's one thing but the question is how do you fight to get these things enacted and We we got nothing and where we saw no desire to fight We got no announcements of what he'd be doing Unilaterally via executive order and maybe you think I'm being too cynical I don't think that I am being too cynical, but it seems like AOC actually agrees with me and she expressed Her disappointment in Biden's speech, albeit in a much more nicer way So Michael Chanel the hill explains Ocasio Cortez speaking to MSNBC during an interview after Biden's speech Said there were some things that were left unsaid in the president's remarks Specifically pointing to student loan debt education and immigration I do think that there are some things that were left unsaid in which we're really going to have to work on as A party in order to really speak to constituencies that have historically supported the president whose turnout We need and whose support we need right now and in the coming years that perhaps Haven't heard their issue spoken to in a way that they wanted to hear it Okay, as your Cortez said when asked if she liked the president's speech Things like student loan debt larger themes and crises in education as well as the piece on immigration was really just glossed over Okay, as your Cortez said we heard you know some speaking to dreamers But dreamers want their families to be able to stay they don't want to be separated from their parents either Ocasio Cortez said so I think there's some themes that left a little bit to be desired for key Constituencies in the Democratic base, but the president's goal was very clear He was laser focused on really projecting a theme of unity and I think he stuck to that she added and sure I think that that's pretty fair. She's nicer than I am here with regard to his speech But I mean she's not gonna say his speech was terrible, but she's essentially saying very gently Hey, Biden your speech was terrible and we're all gonna get wiped out if you don't do something Now yes, he did focus on unity a unity agenda fighting, you know the opioid epidemic these are things that Nobody disagrees with but the problem is that saying that you want to do things is different than doing things and I mean your rhetoric isn't going to unify the country Getting things done ameliorating the suffering of Americans is going to be what unifies the country or at least I don't know Stops people from running back into the arms of Republicans every two to four years after you inevitably disappoint So, I mean the speech to me it felt incredibly just pointless You went there to talk about build back better without mentioning build back better. I believe all these wonderful things that you were dangling in in front of us, but All of us know it's not going to pass. I mean he called on Congress to get it done When it comes to voting rights, he said to the Senate get this done. Come on. Let's act But why are these things being blocked? It's because of members of your own party. How powerful would it have been for you to name and shame cinema and mansion? I mean he talked about abortion rights when that same day or maybe the day before either way Mansion sided with the Republicans to block an abortion bill in the Senate So you can talk about all of these wonderful things But voters don't give a flying fuck about all of these things if you don't get them accomplished I care about the policies getting passed not cited. I care about the crises being addressed not cited Rhetoric is meaningless when we're this far down the drain when we're circling the drain and we're nearly down the drain So we need more than rhetoric and you know state of the union speeches. They are largely fluff They are just rhetoric based but he could have used this opportunity to re-energize the base re-energize young people and he didn't do that So by my standards he failed but that was exactly my expectation. I expecting him to disappoint But I certainly didn't expect Nancy Pelosi to be as bizarre as she was but I mean she's kind of a weird person We have leaders who are just I don't know their brains are melting before our very eyes and you know That they're not doing anything. They're all rich. So they're comfortable. They don't care I just feel frustrated But I mean this is exactly what I expected to feel which is why I didn't really want to watch the state of the union And I opted to listen and you know comfort myself through the cynicism by playing video games because We keep hearing the same things from politicians, but nothing gets accomplished actually fucking act and stop talking for once That's what I want people to take away from this. Stop talking start doing