WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following video statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.

Watch the full video HERE and download the video HERE. 

Transcript:

While the President may have talked a good game tonight, his record shows that he has failed to deliver for the American people.  

President Biden has failed on the economy, and North Carolina families have been paying the price. 

Faced with sticker shock at the grocery store and at the gas pump, families have responded by making the tough decisions. They’ve been setting priorities and cutting back in order to live within their budgets.  

Unfortunately, President Biden and Democrats have done the complete opposite. They’ve been reckless and irresponsible. They’ve wasted trillions on left-wing priorities that have made inflation even worse. 

We cannot continue down the current trajectory. We need to get spending under control. And we need to open up domestic energy production to get energy prices down. 

President Biden has also failed when it comes to one of our government’s most basic responsibilities: securing our border. 

I saw this crisis first-hand just a few weeks ago, and it’s even worse than you can imagine. Our brave Border Patrol agents are overworked, overwhelmed, and underappreciated by this administration. 

We need new leadership and that must start with a new DHS Secretary who will actually enforce our laws and work with Congress to secure our border.

I’ve demonstrated that I’m willing to work with any President on solutions that are good for North Carolina.

But I will also oppose any President when the policies they put forward are bad for North Carolina. 

America faces monumental challenges and we can’t afford more bad policies from this administration. I hope President Biden will accept the reality that America is in need of a new direction. And I hope he will work across the aisle in good faith to get our country back on track.    

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