President Joe Biden raised some eyebrows with three words he added at the end of his State of the Union address.
āIāve 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,ā Biden said as he wrapped up his speech Tuesday night.
He continued, āWe are stronger today than we were a year ago. And weāll 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.ā
Biden then added three words that raised some eyebrows, āGo get āem!ā
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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, MSNBCās Andrea Mitchell said, āI also think there was a strange moment at the end where he said āgo get āem.ā That was audible to the audience. And weāre not quite sure what he means. I think heās talking about Vladimir Putin and the bad guys over there. But it was an ad-lib that kind of felt strange.ā
Social media users debated whether he said āgo get āemā or āgo get himā and what that meant.
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It appears that this is not the first time Biden has deployed that phrase.
CSPANās Communications Director Howard Mortman shared a clip of Biden speaking in St. Louis, Missouri, in Nov. 2016 ahead of that stateās Senate election. He said, āGod bless you all, and may God protect our troops. Go get him!ā
He also made similar comments in 2020.