This week on Let’s Break It Down, Jon Favreau (former White House Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama) talks to Alyssa Mastromonaco about what it’s like to write the State of the Union address ahead of Joe Biden's first Joint Address to Congress. Then they reveal the decision-making processes behind other important details including who the Designated Survivor will be.

Pardon our goof at 20:54 when Alyssa accidentally refers to Harry Reid as Senate Minority Leader, when in fact he was Majority Leader at that time.

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