Obama: ‘I Will Veto’ If GOP Tries To Undo My Accomplishments

President Barack Obama waves before giving his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice Presiden... President Barack Obama waves before giving his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice President Joe Biden applaud (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

President Barack Obama warned the new Republican Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday that he wouldn’t hesitate to veto any bills they send to him that undo his administration’s biggest achievements.

“The verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works,” he said in his speech to Congress. “And these policies will continue to work, as long as politics don’t get in the way.”

“We can’t slow down businesses or put our economy at risk with government shutdowns or fiscal showdowns,” he said. “We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix.”

“And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things,” Obama concluded, “I will veto it. It will have earned my veto.”

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  1. Avatar for pac pac says:

    Say it loud and say it clear.

  2. “It will have earned my veto.”

    Translation: Just try it you Koch-addled dumbasses.

  3. the President’s speech was damn fine! we were cheering out loud. sometimes pundits forget how much people love this president. he is an exceptionally smart, good man and a good leader.

  4. middle class economics… let’s see if it sticks

  5. Game, set, match? Now the interesting part begins because he has stirred the GOP’s “mad dog DNA” and you know what happens then.

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