We see it every year: the president delivers a “state of the union” address, sometime it’s watchable, and then a rising star from the opposition party delivers a little-watched official response about 60-to-90 minutes later.
This year? Democrats own the White House and Congress, but there will be THREE separate Democrats (at least) delivering their own responses to Joe Biden’s official address.
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It’s strange, but more than that it’s a sign of the Democrats’ deepening disunity heading into a potentially catestrophic midterm cycle for the majority party.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) of “Squad” infamy is going to deliver a far-Left response.
Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) plans to deliver a second response on behalf of the politically-potent Congressional Black Caucus.
And then there’s Rep. Josh Gottheimer (R-N.J.) who reportedly plans to offer a “bipartisan” response alongside Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick. The incumbent North Jersey Dem is also apparently a bit salty over Tlaib doing her own:
Here’s a link to the item that I initially saw in the Axios newsletter. Doesn’t mention that Gottheimer is doing his own SOTU response w No Labels, or that No Labels, unlike Tlaib/WFP, campaigned to kill Biden’s agenda. Default pro-centrist mindset. https://t.co/U8LmSwhWbC https://t.co/6DSQyChtlT
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) March 1, 2022
Does this sound or look like a party that knows what it stands for, Save Jerseyans?
It doesn’t because, well, it doesn’t.
That’s not where you want to be eight months from a major election.
