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Biden avoids Trump’s name in State of the Union, instead mentions ‘my predecessor’ 13 times
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1:04Now PlayingPresident Biden came out swinging against Donald Trump during his State of the Union address Thursday night — referencing his predecessor over a dozen times, but refusing to do so by name.
Biden, who repeatedly used the phrase “my predecessor” when mentioning Trump, began his speech by arguing the former president fueled the biggest threats to hit the US since the Civil War.
“My purpose tonight is to both wake up this Congress, and alert the American people that this is no ordinary moment either,” the 81-year-old president said. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.”
“January 6th and the lies about the 2020 election, and the plots to steal the election, posed the gravest threat to our democracy since the Civil War,” Biden reiterated later in the speech, facing Democratic and Republican members of Congress.
By the time Biden concluded his 68-minute speech, he had referred to his “predecessor” a staggering 13 times.
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