Summary: <p>On Tuesday night, <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1498858241886883840">President Joe Biden</a> delivered his first State of the Union before a crowd of Congressional lawmakers who were no longer required to wear masks and who showed a <a href="https://twitter.com/marykbruce/status/1498844685439279113?s=20&t=YIz50Hva-HqTzXchWgp8jQ">surprising</a> amount of bipartisan applause to a number of issues he covered. </p> <p>In his <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083854104/biden-state-of-the-union-full-text-2022">remarks</a>, the president highlighted the country’s role leading the <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTakeaway/status/1498846064790626306?s=20&t=o1Pivh1fZjEZmfedXNLQbA">Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine</a>; outlined his plans to address <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-raises-americans-worry-price-surges-overpowered-wage-growth-survey-2022-3">inflation</a>; and affirmed his continuing optimism in the American project. </p> <p>We dissected the issues he discussed and the biggest issues he left out in his speech with <a href="https://twitter.com/PabloReports?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Pablo Manríquez</a>, Capitol Hill correspondent for Latino Rebels and <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeltomasky">Michael Tomasky</a>, editor for The New Republic. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
