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Outside of the obligatory segments of unity during the State of the Union address Tuesday night (i.e. Ukraine and ending the opioid crisis), President Biden’s speech was filled with swipes at Republicans as he attacked them for passing tax cuts, opposing a federal takeover of elections, and being pro-life. But both ABC and CBS tried to gaslight their viewers by suggesting there was nothing partisan about it.
“Jon, you looked at me halfway through this address and took note that there were very few overt partisan moments where the President went after the other party or things they had done other than the tax cut from the previous administration, but he didn't mention the former president by name,” ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir said to chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Karl seemed happy there was “no mention of the words Donald Trump in the speech” and asserted “it didn't have a partisan edge to it.”
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