White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed Republicans' response to the State of the Union, saying the GOP is 'behaving in a way that Americans don't want.'
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2023.
"That's not what Americans — they told us very clearly after the midterms what they wanted," Jean-Pierre said of the heckling."So we know what approach that the American people want. We're going with the approach of delivering — continuing to deliver on key important issues. You heard him talk about four of them last night. And so that's going to be our focus.
President Biden, center, speaks during a State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Biden is speaking against the backdrop of renewed tensions with China and a brewing showdown with House Republicans over raising the federal debt ceiling. Scott proposed that"all federal legislation sunsets in 5 years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again."
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