Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, knocked President Joe Biden for taking "cheap shots" against Republicans in the State of the Union address.
In a nearly three-minute video posted on X after the speech Thursday, he said, "When he got into domestic policy, I'm afraid it was the same old liberal playbook, at least that's the way I saw it.
"There was some new chapters, but the same idea, which is, Here's some things I'm going to give you, here's some more things I'm going to give you, here's why I'm going to crack down on big companies and rich people, and I think people have gotten tired of that.
"They know he can't deliver all those promises because any promise he makes has to get Republican votes and he's not going to get Republican votes for those things.
"And I think they also know that the cheap shots on Republicans are probably missing the mark. He once again claimed Republicans are going to cut Social Security. That's just simply wrong. And everybody knows that there's not a Republican in the House or the Senate that is talking about cutting Social Security or is in favor of cutting Social Security.
"I think the greatest mistake was that he really never talked about how we're going to deal with the deficit and the debt. But then again, Democrats don't like to do that."
Romney, however, praised Biden for speaking of helping Ukraine and getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.
"I think in foreign policy, he did a good job," Romney said of the Biden speech. "It's very much in America's interest to see Ukraine push back against [Russia President Vladimir] Putin. Putin is an awful guy, a bad guy.
"I thought he also spoke well in regards to Israel and also in regards to the need to help the Palestinian individuals in Gaza with humanitarian aid."