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The White House expected Republican criticism of his speech but did not appear to anticipate it from other quarters for the optics of using Marines in the address, including critics who otherwise embraced the substance of the speech.

The loudest Republican criticism highlights a double standard many in the GOP have for Trump and Biden.

They admonish Biden for a transgression that was relatively minor compared with what they had ignored during the Trump years.

Biden himself promised better.

At the Pentagon in February 2021, he told the workforce:

"You're incredible heroes and incredible patriots. I will never, ever ... dishonor you. I will never disrespect you. I will never politicize the work you do."