People ask what Joe Biden must do in the State of the Union. The answer is simple: Tell the truth. Tell the truth about the record number of jobs created. Tell the truth about the record economic growth. Tell the truth about finally turning the corner on the pandemic.
Tell the truth about restoring America's leadership. Tell the truth about the children lifted out of poverty and the neighbors in need who were helped by the $1.9T American rescue package. Tell the truth about the jobs and growth that will come from the $1.2T infrastructure bill.
Tell the truth about having more judges nominated and confirmed to top positions than any American president. Tell the truth about those judges and the administration leadership having more diversity, more gender balance and more quality than any in history.
Tell the truth about standing up to Putin and against the enemies of democracy at home and abroad. Tell the truth about revitalizing alliances in Europe, creating a new security architecture for the Inso-Pacific and ending America's longest war.
Tell the truth. Call out the lies. And then tell the truth about what the plan is for the year ahead--about the administration's plans to continue to work for all Americans, how it will work to ensure the year ahead is one of more growth and recovery, how that recovery...
...and the end of the pandemic at its worst...will result in inflation coming under control and Americans not only having more money in their pockets but getting more value for that money. Share the vision. Share the sense of urgency that with American threatened by enemies...
...at home and abroad we must not let up now. That we must fight for all Americans and for our values...and that the track record of the administration so far shows we can do that.
This is not about polls or answering critics in the media or across the aisle. It is about telling the truth about the most successful first year of a presidency in modern memory and the commitment to making this most successful presidency of our lifetimes.
Leadership, values and effectiveness matter. We have missed them in the recent past. They are back. They are working. They are winning praise around the world. And this is just the beginning.
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