I Didn’t Watch The SOTU

“FREE BIRD!” #SOTU pic.twitter.com/30oThiXXMB

— Ray Wert (@raywert) February 8, 2023

It seems it was this:

Some mainstream reporters seem sorta reluctant to elaborate on what happened at the end of the Social Security and Medicare exchange between Biden and these Republicans, but it’s on the video. We all watched it. https://t.co/Wfc4aatxjZ

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 8, 2023

Apparently:

She called him a liar

— Joanne, RN☮️ (@Ethan727Joanne) February 8, 2023

Which means:

The beautiful thing is Greene thought she could rattle the old man.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 8, 2023

Yeah, that was never gonna happen. But this did:

Marjorie Taylor Greene single-handedly negotiated away any cuts to Social Security and Medicare tonight. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/LGEQxVI55X

— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕤 (@SundaeDivine) February 8, 2023

That seems to be exactly what she did:

My God, it's just poetry, watching Biden tussle with Marje Greene as she does her best imitation of that famous Real Housewives of New Jersey scene. pic.twitter.com/KDSauuGUqS

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2023

Unlike Obama, Biden can't be dismissed/derided as "angry."

This is the most fascinating #SOTU. I am mesmerized by the back and forth. Biden is edgy, clever. It has got a real "in the arena" feel and as close to what the constitution probably intended that I've seen in my lifetime.

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) February 8, 2023

so much for that https://t.co/pKJEEH89ex

— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) February 8, 2023

Marg can't help it:

#Trash#Chusma pic.twitter.com/zcqpvxZQ6L

— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) February 8, 2023

The GOP really, really, really can’t own their own position on this:

He led y’all into a box canyon like Butch Cassidy. https://t.co/HLN3UQRvEt

— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) February 8, 2023

And you could just repeat this post for every point Biden made:

McCarthy refuses to applaud for shooting down the Chinese spy balloon pic.twitter.com/P0NWzBmqJk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023

See?

partial list of things McCarthy refused to applaud at SOTU
-Low unemployment
-Affordable insulin
-Billionaires not paying lower tax rate than teachers
-The wealthy paying their fair share in taxes
-LGBT young people living in safety and dignity
-Family leave and child tax credit

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023

Except this one:

This unfiltered back-and-forth is unusual for a State of the Union, but it's also very honest and informative.

And at the end, Biden gets nearly the entire room - Democrats and Republicans - to stand and applaud in support of Social Security and Medicare. https://t.co/BtLpsVdL6h

— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) February 8, 2023

Even Hannity denies it in the post-game show,

Hannity is including objectively true statements and unfalsifiable ones in his list of Biden's lies (a bad typo is in there too) pic.twitter.com/DAlwGl4aJn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023

which means ending SS and Medicare is officially the GOP love that dare not speak its name.

There was also a fashion show:

Bono decided to dress up as Albert Schweitzer

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2023

I didn't know Albert Schweitzer was still alive

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2023

I see Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to wear her “let me speak to the manager” outfit to #SOTU

— Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) February 8, 2023

You be the judge:

Her coat of oney colors. https://t.co/0lunIPhnqG

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 8, 2023

This is why dress code matters. You get bipartisan members of Congress looking like the goddamn hunger games on the floor pic.twitter.com/UT5cu1lqo1

— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) February 8, 2023

Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/vGaPJlwloy

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) February 8, 2023

I guess she means Sen. Sinema.

Much rather have drag queens around my kids then these braying maniacs. pic.twitter.com/gI0iejFwaK

— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) February 8, 2023

That’s a rather mean comparison. Drag queens are generally really nice people.

The post-show wrap-up:

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t know the difference between the State of the Union Address and the Rocky Horror Picture Show. She just showed everyone how ridiculous MAGA is. And why did she keep yelling “liar” at George Santos? That wasn’t nice.

— Jamie Raskin (@jamie_raskin) February 8, 2023

Marge was trying to earn a Fox news clip, instead she fired Joe up and made him give one of the best speeches if his life 🤣 All Trumpsters do is lose and cry and lose more. https://t.co/xpo0rMBP4k

— Joe’s 🪬 Centrosaurus (@ElectSanePeople) February 8, 2023

I dunno; I think she will be.

Trash is a trash does https://t.co/RP082UhX2n

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 8, 2023

Republicans anytime President Biden says anything pic.twitter.com/qsQCMptOUc

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) February 8, 2023

Winner winner chicken dinner:

Santos! Bring me the puppies! https://t.co/DiEGlInOUy

— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) February 8, 2023

Not gonna watch the reply, either:

“ChatGPT, generate several minutes of keyword driven MAGA chud-bait for Madame Suet to blurt out about the Catalog of Imaginary Demons.”

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 8, 2023

It seems to be living up to expectations:

This is Jindelian.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 8, 2023

That bad, huh?

Generally the SOTU response has been set aside for whatever rising star needs their career destroyed. Jindal, Rubio, et al. Sanders wasn't a rising star but this is still pretty brutal.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2023

And even in context her pull quote is just a turd in the GOP punchbowl:

Full nutballs: "We are under attack in a left-wing cultural war we didn't star and never wanted to fight. Every day we are told we must partake in the ritual, salute their flags, or shipped their false idols." pic.twitter.com/2WMAScJ4J1

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 8, 2023

I get it, but it’s still funny that not only did they pitch Sanders as an embodiment of youth, she ran with that theme. Slowly.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 8, 2023

Dear journalists who keep insisting that the Republican Party has rejected Trumpism, do please consider the official Republican response to the State of the Union.

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) February 8, 2023

And the unofficial one in the House.

Sounds like it was a party! 🥳