ABILENE, TX – President Joe Biden will be addressing the nation Thursday night (March 11th, 2021) from The White House.
In previewing Thursday night’s speech, President Biden said he would “talk about what we’ve been through as a nation this past year, but more importantly, I’m going to talk about what comes next.”
President Biden is also expected to discuss the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that was approved by Congress over the past week and the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the country.
“This is a chance for him to really beam into everybody’s living rooms and to be both the mourner in chief and to explain how he’s leading the country out of this,” said presidential historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley to the Associated Press.
“This is a big moment,” Brinkley added. “He’s got to win over hearts and minds for people to stay masked and get vaccinated, but also recognize that after the last year, the federal government hasn’t forgotten you.”
Thursday night’s speech is not the State of the Union, which is mandated annually by the U.S. Constitution. In a story from earlier this week, USA Today noted that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is tasked with setting that date for the joint session of Congress.
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