Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) criticized President Biden for condemning the Supreme Court during his State of the Union speech, and he called the remarks “disgusting.”
Biden criticized the court for overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion precedent in a case, something that Democrats have used for their campaign platforms to their advantage.In his speech, Biden stated that he will commit to reinstating the Roe standard through legislation.
“I found his scolding of the court disgusting, because the left will say that they want to respect the institution, except when they don’t get their way,” Donalds said in a Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures” interview with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
“And then, when they don’t get their way, they want to call out Supreme Court justices in front of the world. That was outrageous,” he said. “There was a reason why not the entire Supreme Court was not there, because I think they understood they didn’t want to be subjected to Joe Biden’s foolishness.”
Departing from his prepared speech during his address, Biden made a point to the mostly conservative court that he believes women will come out and vote in full force because of the decision to overturn Roe.
“Its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court majority wrote the following — and with all due respect, justices — ‘Women are not without electoral — electoral power’ — excuse me — ‘electoral or political power,’” he said
“You’re about to realize just how much you were right about that,” he added, with the justices sitting in front of the podium on the floor of the House chamber.
Donalds strongly criticized the entire speech, which was energetic and politically charged, labeling it as “disgusting.”
“I have never seen a speech like this, where the opposition party from the president’s party did not stand for an hour in that speech,” he said. “It was partisan. It was a campaign speech.”
“He was trying to prove himself to his political base because they have serious questions about his ability,” he continued. “And, frankly, they should have serious questions about his ability.”
The speech was praised by Democrats and completely avoided addressing concerns about the president’s speaking ability and memory that have swirled for months. Republicans also ignored the previous criticisms of Biden not being all there, instead criticizing him as too loud and too forceful.
“It was not about the United States of America,” Donalds continued. “It was not addressing the true state of the union, which is undoing many of Joe Biden's policies because they have been disastrous for America.”
