Senator Ted Cruz

Now, traditionally, the first address the president gives when he's newly elected is not called a State of the Union address. It's rather just called an address to a joint session of Congress. And traditionally, the first State of the Union is the second address he gives. So a year from now, that will be called a State of the Union.

In my view, the plain text of the Constitution is if the president's giving Congress his views on the State of the Union, it's a State of the Union address. And so I think the tradition is wrong. Now, it's interesting if you go and look at the history of it. Initially, it started in writing. So George Washington sent written messages to Congress instead of delivering them in person.

In my view, the plain text of the Constitution is if the president's giving Congress his views on the State of the Union, it's a State of the Union address. And so I think the tradition is wrong. Now, it's interesting if you go and look at the history of it. Initially, it started in writing. So George Washington sent written messages to Congress instead of delivering them in person.

In my view, the plain text of the Constitution is if the president's giving Congress his views on the State of the Union, it's a State of the Union address. And so I think the tradition is wrong. Now, it's interesting if you go and look at the history of it. Initially, it started in writing. So George Washington sent written messages to Congress instead of delivering them in person.

so did John Adams, so did Thomas Jefferson. So it started out that the State of the Union was delivered in writing. Then Woodrow Wilson, in 1913, delivered his message in person, and Franklin Roosevelt did the same. The first radio broadcast of the State of the Union was in 1923. And the first televised address was in 1947.

so did John Adams, so did Thomas Jefferson. So it started out that the State of the Union was delivered in writing. Then Woodrow Wilson, in 1913, delivered his message in person, and Franklin Roosevelt did the same. The first radio broadcast of the State of the Union was in 1923. And the first televised address was in 1947.

so did John Adams, so did Thomas Jefferson. So it started out that the State of the Union was delivered in writing. Then Woodrow Wilson, in 1913, delivered his message in person, and Franklin Roosevelt did the same. The first radio broadcast of the State of the Union was in 1923. And the first televised address was in 1947.

And it wasn't until 1965, which was not really that long ago, that President Johnson began delivering the address in primetime. And then in 1966, the opposition party began offering a televised response to the president's speech. So today we think of it as a national speech that's covered on TV on every one of the stations.

And it wasn't until 1965, which was not really that long ago, that President Johnson began delivering the address in primetime. And then in 1966, the opposition party began offering a televised response to the president's speech. So today we think of it as a national speech that's covered on TV on every one of the stations.

And it wasn't until 1965, which was not really that long ago, that President Johnson began delivering the address in primetime. And then in 1966, the opposition party began offering a televised response to the president's speech. So today we think of it as a national speech that's covered on TV on every one of the stations.

It didn't start out that way, but tomorrow we're going to see exactly that, a national speech given to the country, given to a joint session of Congress. I'll be sitting there on the floor of the House listening to it, and as will millions of people across America and all across the world.

It didn't start out that way, but tomorrow we're going to see exactly that, a national speech given to the country, given to a joint session of Congress. I'll be sitting there on the floor of the House listening to it, and as will millions of people across America and all across the world.

It didn't start out that way, but tomorrow we're going to see exactly that, a national speech given to the country, given to a joint session of Congress. I'll be sitting there on the floor of the House listening to it, and as will millions of people across America and all across the world.

So my prediction is the theme of the speech will be promises made, promises kept. And it will have many similar themes that the inauguration speech had about the mandate from the last election. But the difference is going to be the inauguration speech was on the first day of the second term. So at that point, nothing had happened yet.

So my prediction is the theme of the speech will be promises made, promises kept. And it will have many similar themes that the inauguration speech had about the mandate from the last election. But the difference is going to be the inauguration speech was on the first day of the second term. So at that point, nothing had happened yet.

So my prediction is the theme of the speech will be promises made, promises kept. And it will have many similar themes that the inauguration speech had about the mandate from the last election. But the difference is going to be the inauguration speech was on the first day of the second term. So at that point, nothing had happened yet.

It was literally raising his hand and taking the oath of office is what made him president. So he hadn't been able to do anything yet in his second term when he gave that speech. In this instance, we have seen the most consequential first 40 days of a president in history. There's never been a president hit the ground running the way Donald Trump has.

It was literally raising his hand and taking the oath of office is what made him president. So he hadn't been able to do anything yet in his second term when he gave that speech. In this instance, we have seen the most consequential first 40 days of a president in history. There's never been a president hit the ground running the way Donald Trump has.

It was literally raising his hand and taking the oath of office is what made him president. So he hadn't been able to do anything yet in his second term when he gave that speech. In this instance, we have seen the most consequential first 40 days of a president in history. There's never been a president hit the ground running the way Donald Trump has.

There's never been a president issue as many executive orders do as much as Donald Trump is. And so I expect the speech to be, number one, I expect a lot of focus on the border. So on the border, I think the president is going to say we had chaos. We had open borders. We had 12 million illegal immigrants. We had the worst illegal immigration in the history of our country.