US president believes he has an economic success story to tell although polls indicate voters are skeptical
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Kevin McCarthy had another message for reporters on Monday: no drama.
“I won’t tear up the speech, I won’t play games,” he said, according to the Associated Press. Tonight’s State of the Union will be the first since 2020 where the speaker of the House is not of the same party as the president. Just after his address concluded three years ago, Democrat Nancy Pelosi shredded Republican Donald Trump’s speech while standing behind him, in full view of the cameras.
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