WATCH: 5 key highlights from President Biden's SOTU speech
President Biden delivered his State of the Union speech for over an hour on Thursday night, delivering a number of highlights and key moments that elicited reactions from the crowd and on social media.
Biden used the first few minutes of the speech to talk about Putin’s aggression in Russia, the war in Ukraine, and Sweden’s entrance into NATO.
"What makes our moment rare is freedom and democracy are under attack both at home and overseas at the very same time," Biden said. "Overseas, Putin's Russia is on the march, invading Ukraine and sowing chaos throughout Europe and beyond. If anybody in this room thinks Putin will stop at Ukraine, I assure you he will not."
Biden went on to criticize those who are blocking funding for Ukraine and tout Sweden’s recent entry into NATO as proof Biden has made the alliance stronger.
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Biden mentioned Trump several times during the speech — which drew criticism from conservative pundits who said the address sounded like a campaign speech — and often referred to him simply as "my predecessor."
"My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about January 6th," Biden told the audience near the beginning of his speech. "I will not do that."
Biden leaned into the illegal immigration discussion and touted the merits of the failed bipartisan Senate immigration bill.
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"In November, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators," Biden said. "The result was a bipartisan bill with a tougher set of border security reforms than we've ever seen."
That comment drew groans from Republicans in the crowd, who Biden