Sen. Schmitt says Biden failed to address key issues during ‘divisive,’ ‘weird’ SOTU address

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., stated President Joe Biden’s “divisive” and “bizarre” State of the Union speech didn’t address key issues which can be vital to the American folks.

“I thought it was the most divisive State of the Union from the most out-of-touch president in American history. I thought it was bizarre,” Schmitt informed Fox News Digital in an unique interview after the speech.

The Republican senator added that the president “didn’t seriously address” unlawful immigration, a prime challenge for voters going into 2024.

“It felt like he was yelling at the time. So the delivery was weird, and then it fell short on substance. He really didn’t seriously address the number-one issue in the minds of the American people, which is illegal immigration.”

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President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Standing at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and seated at proper is House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.  (Shawn Thew/Pool)

Biden pointed to Congress for the continuing disaster on the southern border, repeatedly saying he’s ready on Congress to go the bipartisan border settlement earlier than taking any critical motion. Schmitt, agreeing with many Republicans, stated that Biden can safe the border now.

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Schmitt informed Fox that Biden “doesn’t want to secure the border,” nonetheless, and that “the American people see through that. Basically, his speech was – don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. And, people have had enough of it.”

“It’s the ultimate head fake, because the same laws that were on the books when President Trump had the lowest level of illegal immigration in 40 years are on the books now. So he could undo his 90 executive actions that created the crisis. If he just did that, if he just went back to where we were in January of 2021 and wanted to enforce our laws, we could secure the border.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. speaks during a information convention with Republican Senators about border safety issues on the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer)

He added that it was “laughable” when the president prompt the U.S. is the most secure it has ever been beneath his administration.

“Ask people whose communities have been ravaged by gang violence and by fentanyl, and ask the families of those who have loved ones who’ve been murdered by illegal immigrants who have come across the border recently,” Schmitt stated of the president’s remark concerning crime. “We’re less safe, we’re less secure. We’re less prosperous under Joe Biden’s lack of leadership.”

Biden made a number of mentions of his “predecessor,” former President Donald Trump, during the speech, as he faces a possible 2020 common election rematch towards the previous president within the fall.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address earlier than a joint session of Congress within the House chamber on the Capitol constructing on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. It was Biden’s last address earlier than the November common election. (Shawn Thew-Pool)

“This was like a campaign speech,” Schmitt stated, including that the president appeared “really divisive” and “over-the-top partisan.” 

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Schmitt introduced Kari Rosbeck, govt director of the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, as his visitor to the address.