President Joe Biden fumbled his State of the Union speech at the top, attempting to make a joke about wife Jill going to the Super Bowl without him, messing up Chuck Schumer’s title in the Senate and complimenting Kevin McCarthy after previously slamming Republicans as MAGA extremists.
The president tried his hand at a little improv when he took the podium in the House chamber to address the nation.
After greeting Jill Biden, who sat in a box overlooking the House floor, Biden tried to joke to Chief Justice John Roberts about the first lady’s upcoming trip to the Superbowl, where her Philadelphia Eagles are playing the Kansas City Chiefs.
‘By the way Chief Justice – I may need a court order,’ he said, deviating from his prepared remarks. ‘She gets to go to the game next week. I got to stay home. I got to work something out here.’
He also gave McCarthy, who was presiding over his first State of the Union address as speaker, a backhand compliment.
‘Mr. Speaker I don’t want to ruin your…
