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Speaker 1: I'm Joe Matthew in Washington. This is special global coverage

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Speaker 1: of the State of the Union addressed tonight in Washington,

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Speaker 1: d C. Kaylee Lines, Rick Davis, and Genie Shanzano are

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Speaker 1: with us in our Washington bureau as we try to

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Speaker 1: unpack what we just heard. A laundry list, certainly, but

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Speaker 1: also a tone from this president that was predicted from

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Speaker 1: the White House, high energy umph behind the speech. He

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Speaker 1: did manage to find spontaneous moments, Kaylee, with a back

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Speaker 1: and forth with none other than Marjorie Taylor Green. It

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Speaker 1: was the issue of the border that really seemed to

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Speaker 1: light up Republicans tonight in this room.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Marjorie Taylor Green confronting the President from across many

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Speaker 2: rows of seats about Lake and Riley, who we discussed

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Speaker 2: earlier this evening, a college student in Georgia who was

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Speaker 2: killed by a person who was in the country illegally.

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Speaker 2: He did say Lake and Riley's name. He addressed her parents,

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Speaker 2: this president, says he understands what it was like having

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Speaker 2: this speech, he didn't get to it until about forty

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Speaker 2: minutes in. He instead began with the issue of Ukraine,

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Speaker 2: then moving to the issue of democracy. One of the

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Speaker 2: coming from the president, and he was alluding to his predecessor,

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Speaker 2: said that you can't love your country only when you win.

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Speaker 2: And Joe he said that line after talking about January sixth,

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Speaker 2: and from there, of course, we saw him touch on

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Speaker 2: many other issues, abortion, the economy, and ending the skeeech

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Speaker 2: this evening, addressing what many see as one of his

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Speaker 2: biggest weaknesses as he campaigns for a second term, his age,

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Speaker 2: he said, I've been around a while, trying to play

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Speaker 2: how old our ideas are. And it was really toward

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Speaker 2: the end of this speech that you saw Biden in

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Speaker 1: Show Yeah, Kayllie. We heard him use that line on

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Speaker 1: that here with some emphasis as he did the money

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Speaker 1: line of the night. The state of our union, he said,

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Speaker 1: is strong and getting stronger. Not everyone in the room

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Speaker 1: agrees with that, of course, and I will tell you

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Speaker 1: that in this Statuary Hall, all the lawmakers are now

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Speaker 1: their impressions, as I mentioned D's and R's who sat

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Speaker 1: through this Kalian. Of course, we're now going to be

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Speaker 1: hearing the official Republican response to this address tonight from

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Speaker 1: the President. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, of course, had forty two

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Speaker 2: of course we will be bringing you that response live

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Speaker 2: on Bloomberg Television and radio. But we also do want

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Speaker 2: to just begin with you. This speech was over an

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Speaker 2: how he said it being important. How would you rate

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Speaker 3: You know, I have to say I think the performance

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Speaker 1: Rick your impressions here of this address, expectations were so

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Speaker 5: I mean, look at how he started this speech out,

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Speaker 2: All right, and we want to go now back to

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Thanks Cayley, Senator, it's great to see you and

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Speaker 1: welcome back to Bloomberg. On this State of the Union night.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you managed to get out of

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, the home run strong ideas, strong presentation. But to

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Interesting order in topics. We started on Ukraine. We

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Speaker 6: Two out of three Americans know what's going on there.

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Speaker 6: As a bipartisan bill proposed in the Senate, which the

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Speaker 6: we don't want to give Joe Biden a victory. Blame

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Speaker 1: You're the majority whip, and you blame Donald Trump for

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Speaker 6: I certainly do, he said. He said exactly that, I'm

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Speaker 1: Well, indeed, is the majority whip. You have a sense

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Speaker 1: This is the beginning of the general election, as many

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Speaker 6: Yes, they should, and it's important that they do, because

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Speaker 6: this is a clear choice between Biden and Trump. We've

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Speaker 6: seen this match before, but we understand the gravity of it.

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Speaker 6: After January sixth insurrection mob, I mean, the violence that

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Speaker 1: Senator Dick Durbin, thank you for spending time with us

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Speaker 1: tonight on Bloomberg. It's good to see you. On the

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Speaker 1: State of the Union evening, Kaylee, I'll send it back

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Speaker 2: Well, and Genie, as you mentioned, we saw that uncommitted

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Speaker 1: What were your thoughts on his closing remarks about Israel?

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Speaker 7: He absolutely said the right things on Israel tonight. And personally,

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Speaker 7: Well, I know he's worked so hard. He's working with

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Speaker 2: We need answers.

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Speaker 7: We need these remaining hostages over one hundred, one hundred

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Speaker 1: Course, waiting for the Republican response to the president's address.

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Speaker 1: Before we wrap up this evening, Sean Fain from the

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Speaker 7: Well, certainly he delivered a very strong and resounding commitment

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Speaker 1: He's going to be digging deep.

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Speaker 7: He's going to be making sure that these union members

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Speaker 1: Well, come talk to us again when you get back

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Speaker 1: to Michigan. Congresswoman, it's great to see you. Hetley Stevens,

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Speaker 1: Rick and Genie, we're talking about this not just members

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, as we are now, for all intents and purposes,

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Speaker 5: Were wondering if anybody was going to sleep through the speech,

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Speaker 1: And he did something that I think.

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Speaker 1: I'm Joe Matthew in Statutory Hall in the House of Representatives,

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Speaker 1: Congressman Style, it's great to see you. Where to begin

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Speaker 4: I think the President really missed the opportunity to speak

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Speaker 1: You know, we talk about inflation a lot when you're

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Speaker 4: Inflation is coming down, but the cumulative impact on families

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Speaker 1: Will you be on the trail in this campaign to

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Speaker 4: Wisconsin's going to be front and center in the contrast

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Speaker 1: Congressman Bryan's style Republican from Wisconsin. We thank you for

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Speaker 1: the insights, Kayley. That's just a sense of the Republican

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and we want to get final thoughts now with

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Speaker 2: President Biden leave tonight in a better position than he

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Speaker 5: Absolutely so. He was able to start the campaign with

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Speaker 3: Genie, your thoughts, Yeah, I think performance wise, Joe Biden

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Speaker 3: He is the Joe Biden they wanted to see. He

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Speaker 3: So a good performance night for Joe Biden.

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Speaker 2: Joe Matthew at Capitol Hill. I'm Kaylee Wines in Washington.

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