Mitt Romney criticizes Biden for wanting to “crack down on the rich” and deliver “low blows” to Republicans, but says the president did a “good job” on Ukraine and Gaza in his State of the Union.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney is unhappy with what President Biden said in his State of the Union address, calling the president’s domestic policy the “same liberal playbook.”

The Utah senator attended the president’s fiery speech to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, where he was seen sitting with another outgoing senator, Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

After the speech, Romney shared his review in a video posted on X.

‘There were some new chapters, but the same idea that is here are some things that I am going to give you, here are some more things that I am going to give you. “This is how I’m going to crack down on big business and the rich,” the senator said.

Romney said he thinks people have grown tired of that message and know the president can’t deliver on those promises.

“Any promise you make has to get Republican votes, and you’re not going to get Republican votes for those things,” Romney said.

Romney also said people know that “low blows against Republicans probably missed their mark.”

In his speech, Biden warned that many Republicans want to put Social Security “on the chopping block.”

Romney insisted that there are no Republicans in the House or Senate who are talking about cutting Social Security or in favor of cutting Social Security.

For years, some Republicans have argued that benefits need to be reexamined and some have even recently suggested raising the retirement age, but many in the GOP have rejected those ideas, as Biden also addressed the issue in last year’s speech.

“That’s out of line,” Romney said.

The billionaire senator also criticized Biden’s claim that billionaires only pay a tax rate of around 8 percent, calling it “simply wrong.”

Biden participated in a call and response with lawmakers about whether the tax code was fair and argued that billionaires and large corporations should “pay their fair share.”

Biden has called for raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, the minimum corporate tax to 21 percent, a 25 percent income tax on those with more than $100 million, and ending other tax breaks for rich to help pay for their priorities. .

But Romney’s biggest complaint was that he was “disappointed” that Biden didn’t take the deficit and debt “more seriously.”

“The debt is enormous, it represents a threat to us,” Romney warned. ‘Interest payments will exceed our military spending this year. This is a problem.’

The US national debt has reached more than $34 trillion. The White House said Biden’s proposed tax increases targeting billionaires and the largest companies would reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years.

“He did a couple of quick things: ‘We’re going to make corporations pay a certain amount, we’re going to try to raise taxes on billionaires,’ those things are not going to happen,” Romney said. “They are not realistic.”

But not everything was criticism of the outgoing senator.

“I think he did a good job on foreign policy,” Romney said. “It is in the United States’ best interest for Ukraine to respond against Putin.”

“Putin is a horrible guy, a bad guy,” Romney continued. “And preventing Putin from invading not only other parts of Central Europe but also NATO nations that could involve us in a conflict is an American interest.”

Romney also liked what the president said about Israel and Gaza.

“I also thought it was good to talk about Israel and the need to help the Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid,” the senator said.

Biden stopped to shake hands with Romney and Manchin as he headed to the podium Thursday night to deliver his remarks.

The president pointed to Romney and told Manchin that he has complete integrity. It is a fact.’