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President Donald Trump’s record-breaking State of the Union address on Tuesday evening elicited sharply divided reactions from lawmakers in the House chamber and from the broader public.

Unsurprisingly, the president’s prime-time speech on Capitol Hill drew fierce backlash from Democrats, many of whom wore protest pins, shouted him down and accused him of spreading lies and sidestepping the Epstein files. Republicans cheered him on and echoed his laundry list of accomplishments.

During his televised remarks — which ran for a record-breaking hour and 48 minutes — the 79-year-old president spoke glowingly about his whirlwind first year in office. He touted his immigration crackdown, sweeping tariffs and his efforts to bring down prices, claiming the “golden age of America” had begun.

He also made several factually incorrect statements, including that he should be in his “third term,” that mail-in ballots are “crooked,” that he inherited record-high inflation and that he has ended eight foreign wars.

The address — which is typically attended by lawmakers, Cabinet officials and Supreme Court justices — was marked by a notable absence of more than two dozen Democratic members, who held their own event in protest of the president.