those who served alongside him. and the thousands, we know who will be called upon to serena served after him. deserve to know they have a country, and a community back home, doing our part in the fight for freedom. america s great because we are free. but today, our freedom is under attack. and america we love, is in danger. president biden and the democrats have failed you. and it s time for a change. a new generation of republican leaders are stepping up. not to be caretaker the status quo, but to be changemakers for the american people. we know not what the future holds, but we know who holds the future in his hands. and with god as our witness, from people chokehold africa is still the place where freedom rains, and liberty will never die. god bless, two and goblets america. the republican response tonight from arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders, former press secretary to donald trump, with an extended anecdote at the end there, about how anna trip with president
people are so over caffeinated their house shaking, just trying to hurl themselves across the finish line. i think there s an elation. that is what i ve heard from people in the white house and our former colleagues. anytime you pour all your words and blood sweat and tears into speeches like this, you still hold your breath while it s being delivered. it s kind of like a show parent moment, where you are watching it happen, and you re thinking you know there is going to be hecklers, house you gonna respond, is he gonna respond in the right way, and there is just relief and elation and real pride because this is a many months long process. simone, what you are saying about it wasn t a back and forth from your perspective, it was the president kind of handling this issue. should we read into that this whole thing where he effectively baited them into screaming at him about social security and medicare and then got them to stand up unanimously and endorse there would be no cuts. that w
smirking. i can t believe he. let s bring into the conversation simone and jen psaki. have you guys had any entail from the biden side, from the white house side in terms of how they feel about the speech tonight and how this raucous state of union is going over with them. i ll say i have heard that of course the thing the president did great. but i did ask some former colleagues about the back and forth between the president and hecklers. they were clear to doubt it s not a back-and-forth. he s the president. and it was a clear contrast that was laid out tonight and i found that that was stark and i frankly think that the president is going to waltz away not looking small which is very hard to do. so, rachel, i mean, what s happening in the white house right now is there s food containers everywhere there is chicken fingers there s french fries.