President Biden made his case for a second term and responded to criticism about whether he’s fit for the job. One Chicago-area voter thought he looked strong, while another thought he was the ‘lesser of two evils.’
President Joe Biden painted an optimistic future for the country and made his case for a second term during his State of the Union address on Thursday, and some Chicago-area voters who spoke with the Sun-Times thought the speech set him up for re-election in the fall.
Biden was not afraid to take Republicans to task and often relished opportunities to take aim at them, something that impressed Jacob Drews, 19, an Oak Park resident and political science student at Columbia University in New York.
“I think he looks very strong,” Drews said. “Everyone’s always talking about his age, he’s unfit for office or he can’t give a speech, but there’s been very few gaffes.”
“Overall, I think it’s a very good performance, and it’s putting to rest a lot of the things about his age. He clearly has the mental capacity to do this job,” Drews said.
Maria Bandriwsky, a Wicker Park resident who is on the board of the American Ukrainian Youth Association, applauded Biden for beginning his speech by calling for additional aid to Ukraine as its war with Russia has passed two years.
