Usa news: President Joe Biden said Americans are “facing the test of our time” as he called for a bitterly divided Congress to come together to “finish the job” during a State of the Union address Tuesday that previewed themes for a reelection campaign.
Yet multiple clashes with Republican hecklers during the 72-minute speech – his first before a GOP-controlled House that has vowed to block his agenda – spoiled the bipartisan rhetoric.
Biden sought to ease concerns about an economy still plagued by high inflation and assured the country that a “bruised” democracy remains unbroken. “Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere,” Biden said in remarks directed at Republicans. “We’ve been sent here to finish the job.”
