S.E. Cupp: Obama Strikes ‘Terrible Tone’ by Attacking Congress When They’re Finally Being Bipartisan

Previewing President Barack Obama’s fifth State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, a CNN panel made note of the fact that the president is expected to focus on going around Congress and scolding the members of that institution for their inaction.

CNN host S.E. Cupp said the president runs the risk of striking a “terrible tone” by spending the speech attacking Congress when they have finally been behaving in a bipartisan fashion and making progress on a variety of fronts.

“The strange thing is, today on the very day that new progress was announced on immigration reform, we may have an agreement on the farm bill, and just a month and a half after [Rep.] Paul Ryan (R-WI) and [Sen.] Patty Murray (D-WA) reached an agreement on the budget, the president isn’t taking tonight as an opportunity to say, ‘Congrats, Congress, I’m finally getting the progress I asked for,’” Cupp observed.

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“Instead, he’s taking this opportunity to scold them and say, ‘I don’t need you. I’m working around you,’” She continued. “It strikes a terrible tone, and I think is off the mark and a missed opportunity.”

Watch the clip below via CNN:

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