Republicans' dual rebuttals to President Biden's State of the Union differed in language and strategy ahead of the 2024 election.
While Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders went straight for criticism of the "radical left" that included "indoctrinating" children and forcing "woke" culture on Americans in her English language response, Arizona Rep. Juan Ciscomani took a more diplomatic approach — sticking to policy issues and ending on a hopeful note, in Spanish.
The splits on topics, rhetoric and style were meant to target different audiences and had different political goals, said Brendan Steinhauser, a political strategist based in Texas.
