Steven Nikoui shouts as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 7, 2024. Shawn Thew/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
President Joe Biden had been talking for about an hour when Steven Nikoui began feeling like he was sitting in the Colosseum in the movie “Gladiator” rather than at a State of the Union address.
“They’re all sitting in the stands and they’re looking at the beast down there and they’re getting amused. And I felt that. I rationalized it like that and I was a little sickened,” Mr. Nikoui said.
