Gov. Spanberger is speaking now

[spooky3]

“We did not hear the truth”

[msongs]

1. good. not the usual dreary looking response nt

[Walleye]

2. And there is an audience that's good, voters in the room

[msongs]

5. applause sounds odd when it ends, like cut off

[spooky3]

3. "He's enriching himself"

“This is not what our founders envisioned.”

“Is the Prez working for you? NO”

[Maru Kitteh]

4. And putting banners of his face everywhere.

So gross.

[tishaLA]

6. That's probably the best SOTU response I've heard

she was clear, appropriately forceful, and direct. Well done.

[Initech]

7. Nope, we heard a bunch of hate, lies and bullshit.

[dalton99a]

8. She did a great job.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. That was a great speech

[sestina]

10. She was great,

she asked and answered the right questions, told the truth, was a forceful counter punch to the two-hour tsf lie-fest and nonsense.

[gulliver]

11. Solid A-

I thought she did a great job. The audience and applause stuff didn't work. It was awkward.

Laser focus on affordability: A
ICE stuff: C
Health care: A
Quoted George Washington: A
God Bless America:A

As good as Slotkin last year. Spanberger positions herself as a centrist like Sherrill.

I thought it was very smart not to talk about ICE by name but, instead, to talk about "masked agents." That way the people who have to hear ICE talked about, heard her talk about it, and the people who just want affordability heard that. However, it was a mistake to talk about school walkouts. Those are dumb at best, imo. I like that she's stressed her own and her father's law enforcement experience.