Chuck Schumer is forced to stop his applause as Republicans BOO Biden for attacking Trump’s tax breaks, which “helped one percent”: The president again insists that no one who earns more than $ 400,000 will pay more taxes

• Biden mentioned a $ 2 trillion cut in former President Trump’s taxes
• He said it benefited 1% of the best, prompting Republicans to boo
• The leader of the majority, Sumer, waited in line for applause
• He sat awkwardly among the GOP whistles, then stood up again

from Jeff Earl, US Deputy Political Editor for Dailymail.com

Posted: 04:42 GMT, March 2, 2022 | Updated: 4:44 AM GMT on March 2, 2022

Senate Majority leader Charles Schumer jumped too early to applause in President Biden’s speech on the state of the Union – and found himself alone as Biden ripped off Trump’s tax breaks, sparking boos from Republicans.

Sumer stood alone in the House of Commons as Biden delivered one of his harshest internal remarks in a speech in which he retained his strictest language for the Russian president. Vladimir Putin.

Biden advertised parts of the US $ 1.9 trillion rescue plan, such as his $ 3,600 child tax credit, which lifted people out of poverty, even when his Build Back Better program was stalled.

“And unlike the $ 2 trillion tax cut under the previous administration, which benefited the top 1 percent of Americans, the US bailout plan helped working people – and left no one behind,” Biden said.

The cameras in the hall focused on Sumer, and he was caught standing with his hands ready to applaud.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer stood up to applaud when President Joe Biden left after Trump’s tax cuts – only to find himself alone as Republicans booed the line.

But he found himself alone as Republicans booed the mention of Trump and his tax cuts passed under the control of the Republican Congress.

Sumer then stood up and applauded along with other Democrats as Biden completed the line and praised the Democrats’ bill.

– And work. Work. This created jobs. “A lot of jobs,” Biden said.

Biden tried in vain late last year to get Congress to pass his BBB plan, which would expand and expand the children’s tax credit and other regulations.

He highlighted rapid economic growth when the nation’s economy emerged from a pandemic hole last year, focusing his photos on Republican economic policy in a speech where he also sought to highlight “unity” issues such as infrastructure.

Sumer had to sit down again until Biden finished his line

He got a chance to applaud after Biden said his US rescue plan “works”

President Joe Biden is persecuting the “previous administration” for its tax policies

Biden is harassing former President Trump over taxes without mentioning them by name

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spoke with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie, while waiting for US President Joe Biden to speak on the state of the Union. Warren has his own plan to try to bet on the wealth of billionaires

“But this downward theory has led to weaker economic growth, lower wages, bigger deficits and the biggest difference between those at the top and everyone else in nearly a century,” Biden said.

Another blow also failed to identify Trump by name. “The previous administration not only increased the deficit by cutting taxes on the very rich and corporations, but also undermined supervisors whose job it was to prevent the loss of funds to alleviate the pandemic,” Biden said.

He said his administration “welcomed observers” and said a new Justice Ministry working group would focus on pandemic fraud, to applause.

He highlighted elements of his plan to increase subsidies for childcare and long-term care and provide universal Pre-K.

“And according to my plan, no one who earns less than $ 400,000 a year will pay extra pennies from new taxes. No one, “Biden said, on a night when Republicans criticized the administration for rising inflation.

Trump’s tax cuts have reduced individual and corporate taxes. An analysis by the Center for Tax Policy concludes that the highest 1% will receive 8% in 2018, which will increase to 25% in 2025 and 83% in 2027.

Biden’s tax blow came in a speech in which he called on the nation to put aside its divisions over covid and received bipartisan support for its tough talks on Russia.

He also called for co-operation to end the opioid epidemic, boost support for mental health and veterans, and end cancer, a long-standing cause.

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President Joe Biden made a mistake during his speech on the state of the Union amid the crisis in Ukraineconfusing the nation facing an invasion with Iran.

Biden, 79, the oldest man ever elected president of the United States, spoke of Russia’s ongoing 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.

Social media was fueled by a reaction to the mistake, with “Iranians” on the trend after the speech.

Florida spokesman Matt Gaetz wrote that everyone must have thought it was from a popular conservative satirical site: “PRODUCED: Biden Announces Unconventional Plan to Win Iranian Hearts in Kyiv

Former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka wrote: “Biden has just said ‘Kyiv and the Iranian people’ and added ‘#SenilePresident’.

Another user added: “Biden: ‘Putin will never win the hearts and minds of the Iranian people!’ What the hell is he talking about ?! ‘

Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin wrote: “Yes, Biden said Iranian when he met a Ukrainian. Let’s not do any of this.

Biden warned Russia that President Vladimir Putin had “no idea what’s next” when he opened his first address on the state of the Union, accusing the Russian leader of “underestimating” Western allies and the Ukrainian people and announcing the closure of US airspace to all Russians. flights.

“Six days ago, Russian Vladimir Putin tried to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking it could lead him to his threatening paths. But he was very confused, “Biden told the vice president Kamala Harris sitting behind his right shoulder and chairman of the House Nancy Pelosi on the left.

“He thought he could enter Ukraine and the world would turn upside down,” Biden told Putin. “Instead.” [was] he met a wall of power he never expected or expected – he met the Ukrainian people. “

Biden spent the first 12 minutes of his address to the nation in Congress, talking about Russia and its invasion of Ukraine – as well as the US response.

“He has no idea what’s coming,” Biden warned, deviating from the script prepared before the remarks.

The remarks came when new explosions rocked Kyiv on Tuesday night after Russia was declared “barbaric” for bombing a TV tower near the Babin Yar Holocaust memorial in the Ukrainian capital on the site of one of the largest single massacres of Jews during of the Holocaust.

“We in the United States are with the Ukrainian people. Throughout our history, we have learned this lesson – when dictators do not pay the price for their aggression, they cause more chaos, they keep moving.

Several lawmakers showed solidarity with Ukraine, wearing the colors of their flag – blue and yellow – while others wore brightly colored needles and scarves, while Ukraine continued to face a full-scale attack from Russia.

“Together with the twenty-seven members of the European Union, including France, Germany, Italy, as well as countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and many others, even Switzerland is hurting Russia and supporting the people of Ukraine. “Biden pointed out.”

“Putin is now more isolated from the world than he ever was,” the president added.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden and received a few seconds of applause from members of Congress and everyone else present.

“She’s smart, she’s strong, she’s determined,” Biden said in the midst of the crack.

Many in the lodge for visitors of the first lady carried mini Ukrainian flags.

The White House said: “In support of the Ukrainian people, FLOTUS has an embroidered applique of sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, sewn to the sleeve of her dress near the wrist.

President Joe Biden said during his first state of the Union on Tuesday night that President Vladimir Putin was “more isolated than ever” and told Russian oligarchs that “we are following you” as Moscow continues its attack on Kyiv. Pictured behind the president are Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova (pictured left) attends the State of the Union as a guest of First Lady Jill Biden with a Ukrainian flag

“She is smart, strong, determined,” Biden said in the midst of a few seconds of applause for Markarova. Pictured: Jill Biden hugs Markarova on Tuesday night

Many MPs wore bright yellow and blue to show solidarity with Ukraine. Pictured center: Ukrainian-born representative Victoria Sparz speaks to Steve Scaliz (left) and representative Marcy Captur (right)

Democratic lawmakers take selfies in their pro-Ukrainian clothes. From LR: Lisa Blunt Rochester, Terry Sewell, Brenda Lawrence and Hakim Jeffries behind

Biden said in a statement that the United States would close its airspace to all Russian flights and aircraft.

Federal Court of Appeals strikes at Pentagon’s vaccine mandate and denies Biden administration’s attempt to rebuild US navy COVID-19 vaccine requirement.

The 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals on Monday denied The Navy’s request to restore the US Navy’s request for a vaccine against COVID-19 month after a federal judge in Fort Worth stopped mandate.

‘[Evidence] assumes that the Navy has effectively set the deck against even those exceptions, supported by the plaintiff’s immediate commanding officers and military chaplains, “said the three-judge panel.

While the percentage of vaccinated active staff in each service is 95 percent or more, the number of unvaccinated staff is close to 30,000

More than 1.62 million U.S. servicemen have been vaccinated, according to the Department of Defense

In November, dozens of seals from the US Navy said they had been wrongfully denied religious vaccination exemptions against COVID and that the Department of Defense’s mandate violated their rights under the First Amendment.

The military sued the Department of Defense, along with President Joe Biden and senior military officials.

The case, which lists 35 unnamed servicemen, claims the Pentagon is overstepping its borders as a federal body and violating their constitutional rights by requiring the Navy to be fully vaccinated by November 28, after being denied religious release.

In some cases, according to the lawsuit, the SEALS were reportedly threatened and in several cases harassed in order to comply with the request – and they were also flatly denied religious release.

According to the statement, the seals behind the lawsuit are Christians and oppose the mandate because it contradicts “their sincerely upheld religious beliefs.”

The plaintiffs include members of the naval seals and the crews of the warships for special military operations, a technician for the disposal of explosive munitions of the US Navy and divers of the US Navy, according to court documents.

They filed a lawsuit with the help of the First Liberty Institute, a Texas-based Christian legal group that regularly prosecutes religious freedom.

The Navy itself said earlier that it had not given an exception for any vaccine in the last seven years

The Army, the U.S. Army’s largest service with 478,000 troops, said it had the smallest number of troops seeking religious release – just over 1,700 troops – compared to the other three smaller services.

“World events remind us every day that there are people who seek to harm America. Our military should salute the military, not expel them for their religious beliefs, “said Mike Berry, director of military affairs at the First Liberty Institute, in a statement following Monday’s ruling.

“The cleansing of members of the religious service is not only detrimental to morals, but it harms America’s national security,” Berry added. “It is time for our military to abide by its constitutional obligations and provide religious accommodation to servicemen with sincere religious objections to the vaccine. We are grateful that the Fifth Chain rejected the request of the Navy.

Military branches and mandate for vaccine against COVID-19

US Army

Deadline: December 15

Vaccination rate: 97%

Dismissed members: 3300 threatened with dismissal

US Navy

Deadline: November 28

Vaccination rate: 97%

Members released: 45 as of last week

US Air Force

Deadline: November 2

Vaccination rate: 97.5%

Exempt members: 64, including members in basic training

US Coast Guard

Deadline: November 22

Percentage vaccinated: 95.3%, including partially vaccinated

Dismissed members: Unknown

Marines

Deadline: November 28

Percentage vaccinated: 96%, including partially vaccinated

Exempt members: 334

Sources: Individual Branches, Washington Post, US Naval Institute

Each military branch set a deadline after Defense Minister Lloyd Austin issued a note in August calling for all servicemen to be vaccinated.

While the percentage of vaccinated active staff in each service is 95 percent or more, the number of unvaccinated staff is close to 30,000.

The Army, the U.S. Army’s largest service with 478,000 troops, said it had the smallest number of soldiers seeking religious release – just over 1,700 troops – compared to the other three smaller services.

By comparison, there are more than 4,700 in the Air Force, 3,000 in the Marines and 2,700 in the Navy who want rare religious exceptions, according to data released by branches last week.

None of the requests has been approved yet.

On December 16, the Marines announced that they had fired 103 servicemen for not being vaccinated. The army said it had fired six people, including two commanders.

In January, U.S. District Judge Reid O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction stating that “there is no exception to COVID-19 from the First Amendment,” and that the pandemic did not give the government a license to revoke those freedoms. “.

O’Connor sided with the military, saying 29 of the 35 servicemen had been denied religious exceptions, calling the process a “theater”.

The Navy itself said earlier that it had not granted an exception for any vaccines in the last seven years.

“Religious exceptions to the vaccine requirement are virtually non-existent. “For the past seven years, the Navy has not granted religious exemption from the vaccine requirement,” O’Connor wrote.

The first dismissals from the military mandate against COVID-19 began in December.

The Marines fired 103 members and the army fired six, including two commanding officers.

The two army officers commanded active battalions.

Fleet Commander Lucian Kins, the executive officer of the destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, became the first naval officer to be fired for refusing a vaccine in December.

He reportedly asked for religious exemption from the military’s vaccine requirement, but was refused and appealed the decision.

Navy spokesman Lieutenant Commander. Jason Fischer declined to say why Kins was relieved of his command, citing privacy concerns.

However, he said the reason for the dismissal was that Anderson had lost confidence in Kins’ ability to perform his duties after failing to comply with a lawful order.

It appeared in the March 2, 2022 print edition as “The United States is ready to close its airspace to Russia.”