Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses key elements of President Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address. Kokai offered these comments for a Feb. 2023, report on WTVD (ABC11).
Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address
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