‘Positive and Enthusiastic’: Democrats React to Biden’s State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Democrats gave a strong endorsement to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, with one calling the speech “positive” and “optimistic.”

Republicans, in turn, described the speech with terms ranging from “divisive” to “delusional.”