Former President Donald Trump criticized President Biden for being late to the start of his State of the Union address Thursday night.
“The President is very substantially late. Not a good start, but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. I’m sure he had very important things to do, but he is just now getting into the car,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“They will have to drive very, very, quickly, you just don’t want to be late to the State of the Union. They will need Mario Andretti to be at the wheel of the Limo,” he said.
As the president prepared to motorcade from the White House to the Capitol for the speech, a large group of protesters gathered near the White House chanting “free, free Palestine” and holding large banners calling for a ceasefire. They drew a massive police response, temporarily blocking Pennsylvania Avenue and delaying Mr. Biden’s arrival by more than 15 minutes.
Mr. Biden’s speech was slated to begin at 9 p.m. It started nearly 30 minutes later.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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