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Sen. John Thune Criticizes President Obama's Agenda

NPR

Published January 21, 2015 at 1:40 PM EST

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD) is pictured on November 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In his State Of The Union address, President Obama outlined a program to boost the middle class, in part by raising taxes on the wealthy.

Republican Senator John Thune blasted the president’s plan, calling it an “agenda of top-down policies of the past to tax, spend and regulate.”

He joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with more reaction to the speech.

Guest

John Thune, Republican U.S. senator for South Dakota. He tweets @SenJohnThune.