Biden Allowed to Cry ‘Oligarch’ with Impunity

The ‘needs context’ people omit key context from praise of Biden’s farewell address.

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President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 15, 2025.

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President Joe Biden delivered a stinker of a farewell address Wednesday evening.

It was rambling and packed with enough clichés and eye-roll-inducing platitudes to choke a donkey. It was self-important, self-pitying, and poorly written (“Whether we lead by the example of our power or the power of our example”).

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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