(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Michael Steele: Republicans wanted to own the Libs Instead, Biden owned the Republicans at SOTU. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-07 President Joe Biden's #SOTU speech surprised Former GOP Chair Michael Steele. The President owned the Republicans as he extracted a verbal pledge from the GOP not to cut #SocialSecurity and #Medicare. Michael Steele: Biden owned the Republicans at SOTU Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. x Embedded Content Michael Steele was blunt. His critique of the Biden speech was on point. “Republicans for a long time have been talking about owning the libs,” Michael Steele said. “They got owned tonight by Joe Biden. He stood his ground. He laid out his agenda. He was very clear. He took the hecklers, and he made America see what he's been trying to convey in a way that they probably had not seen or heard before.” Steele then pointed out the repercussions of the speech. “And I thought for him; it was a very good night,” Steele continued. “I was watching and reading conservatives, and certainly MAGA folks on my Twitter feed just lose their mind over everything. It is that the complete package? Just the repartee back and forth. The clarity of laying out what he did. I mean, the moment on Social Security is going to be in a loop.” Michael then honed in on Social Security. “Because everyone in the country knows, at least those who follow Social Security policy, that means you're elderly and so forth,” Steele said. “That Republicans had a plan that they ran on in 2022 to abolish, to sunset all federal programs, which, guess what? It included Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare. And that was Rick Scott, Senator Rick Scott's plan that the party signed on to.” Biden received high marks from Steele and from just about every talking head on the mainstream media. Check out my books on our economic fraud, the necessity to engage the other side, and creating a real economy that serves us all. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to help us get 100,000 subscribers. By joining our YouTube channel, will you help us widely deliver the progressive message?” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/7/2151748/-Michael-Steele-Republicans-wanted-to-own-the-Libs-Instead-Biden-owned-the-Republicans-at-SOTU Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/