WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden offered olive branches to Republicans in his State of the Union address on Tuesday and tried to turn down the partisan heat, as he wielded, at times, humor and ad libs in his well-done speech.
Biden used his address to a joint session of a divided Congress — his first since Republicans won control of the House, with the Senate remaining in Democratic hands — to lay the groundwork for his very likely 2024 re-election bid by highlighting the considerable accomplishments of his first two years to make the case that there’s more work to do, and he has to finish the job.
