Kamala Harris on Wednesday dismissed Republican criticism of Joe Biden’s address on the state of the Union, saying he had done a “spectacular job” by sending a warning to Russia and a unified message, although he must correct his blunder by mixing Iran with Ukraine. .
“The president, too, I thought, did a great job trying to appeal to American leaders, regardless of party affiliation, to unite in a unified way on these issues that affect people, no matter who they voted for in the last election,” Harris said. told Good Morning America host George Stefanopoulos /
“In this way, we continue to make our country strong,” she added. – This is our intention.
The vice president suggested that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ concerns were overshadowed by the big step the Biden administration took in its first year.
Reynolds, who presented the Republican Party’s response to Biden’s address on the state of the union, criticized President and Vice President Harris for not doing enough since taking office on several fronts.
“We are now in his presidency for a year, and instead of moving America forward, it seems that President Biden and his party have taken us back in time – in the late 1970s and early 1980s. “When running inflation hits families, a wave of violent crime has destroyed our cities and the Soviet army has tried to redraw the map of the world,” she complained.
Harris was also caught tacitly correcting Biden on Tuesday night during a blunder in his speeches.
Biden, 79, the oldest man ever elected president of the United States, spoke of the ongoing Russian invasion when he made a mistake.
“Putin can go around Kyiv with tanks, but he will never win the hearts and souls of the Iranian people,” Biden said.
Vice President Kamala Harris made the morning show on Wednesday to praise President Joe Biden’s address on the state of the Union as “spectacular”.
The praise came after Harris (left) was caught saying the right word when Biden accidentally said that the hearts and souls of the “Iranian” people would never be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin when he wanted to say “Ukrainian.”
Harris said Wednesday morning that Biden had turned to Republicans and dismissed fears expressed in the Republican Party’s response to the state of the Union by Kim Reynolds (right).
Just after concluding with the words “Iranian”, Harris is seen behind the president saying the right word “Ukrainian”.
Biden spent the first 12 minutes of his address to the nation talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the country’s ambassador to the United States joined in a speech from the first lady’s auditorium.
Harris promised on Wednesday that the United States would share intelligence related to the conflict in Ukraine to quell Russia’s attack while defending the administration’s response to the invasion.
“We will share information with our allies that pursues and supports our mutual concerns and priorities,” the vice president told Today’s host, Savannah Guthrie.
She said that while everything is on the table, the United States maintains its position that American troops will not be sent to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces.
The vice president also dismissed Republican concerns Wednesday in a Republican response to the state of the Union, after Biden insisted in a speech Tuesday night on overcoming political divisions.
Harris also suggested that the United States would share intelligence with Ukraine to help stop Russian attacks. “We will share information with our allies that pursues and supports our mutual concerns and priorities,” he said.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine continued on Wednesday. The remains are shown near the National University after the shelling in Kharkov, Ukraine in an image published on March 2, 2022.
Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday night that he had “no idea what’s next” when he opened his first speech on the state of the Union on Tuesday night, saying invading a foreign country had “costs around the world”.
He called Putin a “Russian dictator” and said Moscow was “more isolated than ever”, adding to the already tough Western sanctions against Russia by closing US airspace to all Russian flights.
The US president was greeted with applause as he accused Putin of “underestimating” Western allies and the Ukrainian people after Russian troops encountered a “wall of power he had never imagined” in Ukraine.
He also announced “tough” new measures against Moscow and its wealthy elite with a new task force to pursue the “crimes” of Russian oligarchs, while reaffirming that he would not send US forces to Kyiv.
“We are coming for your malicious profits,” Biden said, provoking the rare sight of members of both parties standing up to applause.
A convoy of Russian tanks, artillery, combat vehicles and auxiliary trucks now stretches all the way from Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, to the village of Pribirsk about 40 miles away (part of the convoy can be seen in a circle to the right)
The president’s address on the state of the Union should have focused on domestic politics, but the raging conflict in Ukraine and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to Biden to make Americans realize it was a “war for the values of democracy and freedom” meant the leader change your focus.
After addressing the crisis in Ukraine, Biden spent the rest of his one-hour speech on the state of the union to a masked audience, promising to tackle US internal problems, including inflation, increased police funding, and the return of Americans to work. pandemic to an end and healing the “political divisions” caused by COVID.
Biden called on both parties to bridge the gap, especially as tensions escalated in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Last year, COVID-19 divided us. This year we are finally together again, “Biden said after entering the hall without a mask.
This was Biden’s first round of applause for the evening – where he pointed to “progress” against the virus and called on Americans to resume some of their routines.
He also spoke about the angry confrontations that erupted over schools, masks and vaccines – as well as the fierce clashes in Congress one night when he put forward a “unity agenda”.
“Let’s use this moment to reset. “Let’s stop looking at COVID-19 as a guerrilla dividing line and see it as it is: a terrible disease,” Biden said.
“Let’s stop seeing each other as enemies and start seeing ourselves as we really are: American compatriots,” he added.
He then spoke about ending some of the measures ordered by health and political officials to control the virus, which provoked a political reaction in some communities.
“We can end the closure of schools and businesses. We have the necessary tools. “It’s time for Americans to get back to work and fill our great centers again,” Biden said.
“People working from home can feel safe to start returning to the office. We are doing this here in the federal government. Most federal workers will return to work in person. Our schools are open. Let it stay that way. “Our kids have to go to school,” Biden said.