President Joe Biden raised some eyebrows with three words he added at the end of his State of the Union address.
“I’ve come to report on the State of the Union, and my report is this: the State of the Union is strong because you, the American people, are strong,” Biden said as he wrapped up his speech Tuesday night.
He continued, “We are stronger today than we were a year ago. And we’ll be stronger a year from now than we are today. This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time, and we will as one people, one America, the United States of America. God Bless you all, and may God protect our troops.”
Biden then added three words that raised some eyebrows, “Go get ’em!”
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According to a transcript of the remarks released ahead of the speech, it appears those words may have been an ad-lib.
After Biden wrapped up his remarks, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell said, “I also think there was a strange moment at the end where he said ‘go get ’em.’ That was audible to the audience. And we’re not quite sure what he means. I think he’s talking about Vladimir Putin and the bad guys over there. But it was an ad-lib that kind of felt strange.”
Social media users debated whether he said “go get ’em” or “go get him” and what that meant.
Check out some of the reactions below:
https://twitter.com/toddstarnes/status/1498858554954027012
It appears that this is not the first time Biden has deployed that phrase.
CSPAN’s Communications Director Howard Mortman shared a clip of Biden speaking in St. Louis, Missouri, in Nov. 2016 ahead of that state’s Senate election. He said, “God bless you all, and may God protect our troops. Go get him!”
He also made similar comments in 2020.