The White House said Wednesday that President Biden will be ready for anything during Thursday night's upcoming State of the Union address, including hecklers.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during Wednesday's briefing if Biden was prepared to be booed during the State of the Union.
Last year, chaos briefly erupted in the House of Representatives when Biden repeated an old Democratic theme that has long been debunked, saying, “Some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to go away.”
Biden said that position was not the majority's, although he invited anyone who doubted his claim to contact his office and he would provide them with a copy of the proposal.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gives a thumbs down gesture during President Biden's State of the Union address, February 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/File)
Still, after making the statement, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shouted, “Liar!”
The hecklers became so bad that they were later silenced by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when they interrupted the president's tribute to a fentanyl victim.
So, when asked if Biden would be prepared for the booers this year, Jean-Pierre told the reporter how the president handled the booers last year.
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President Biden speaks during his State of the Union address at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/Bloomberg via Getty Images/File)
“Look, you saw the president last year when some Republican members behaved in a way that was, I would say, disrespectful. And he handled that, and he did it on his own and held them accountable as it related to important programs …that matter to the American people: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,” Jean-Pierre said. “He called them because they were obviously booing him. That's why the president is ready for anything.”
Asked again about the president's preparation, he said he knows how to handle hecklers, as he demonstrated in February 2023.
“Nobody expected that,” Jean-Pierre said. “And he stood up to them and presented and fought for the American people on programs that mattered to them. And so, he, you know, got this. The President has this.”
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday that President Biden would be up for anything, including people booing, during Thursday's State of the Union address. (The White House)
Jean-Pierre gave a preview of what Biden is expected to talk about during Thursday's annual address to the nation.
“He's done more in his first three years than most presidents do in two terms,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that Biden will talk about the success of lowering drug prices and getting rid of junk tariffs.
Biden will also talk about his plan to “improve the lives of all Americans” by reducing health care premium costs, taking on Big Pharma to lower drug prices, and making the wealthy and corporations pay for their ” fair share” in taxes.
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Additionally, Jean-Pierre said Biden will talk about protecting women's reproductive health despite attacks from Republican elected officials and ending cancer as we know it, among other things.
