LIVE: Here's what Biden said in his 2023 State of the Union Address

Published February 7, 2023 at 6:28 PM EST

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President Biden's second State of the Union address — and his first before a divided Congress — described a country that has put the pandemic and the Jan. 6, 2021, political violence in the rearview mirror under his tenure.

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Biden made a pitch to blue-collar America in his speech, with a big focus on job growth.
In a rebuttal from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Republicans focused on the culture wars, framing politics as a choice between "crazy or normal."