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At the beginning of most modern State of the Union addresses, presidents take a long walk into the chamber, shaking hands with members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and military brass on their way to the rostrum as the audience claps. A few more handshakes with the vice president, the speaker, and the clerks, and the president promptly takes to the lectern, a move that usually quiets the applause, and begins his rosy assessment of the state of our union.
Michael Warren is a politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.
