ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Terry Szuplat about the speechwriting process.
Former presidential speechwriter Terry Szuplat speaks to ABC News' Linsey Davis on ABC News on March 7, 2024.Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, spoke with ABC News' Linsey Davis Thursday just before, about his experiences helping craft the speech as part of the Obama White House.
So it's a tremendous effort by the speechwriters and the president to sort of sift through all that and make sure that the president's telling a coherent and compelling story that will resonate with the American people. SZUPLAT: I would imagine so. I mean, the editing and the writing doesn't stop until the president starts speaking. So, sometimes you have a situation where the edits are even being made in the in "the beast," in the limousine, on the way up, or backstage. So until the president speaks, you know, anything can be changed.
And, you know, he shows that he's able to give a strong, fiery speech. He does it all the time. You know, most Americans don't see every presidential speech that's given. But he can give a strong, fiery speech, and I suspect he'll do that tonight. SZUPLAT: Well, I think a strong performance, a strong, strong delivery, strong performance. And again, I think one, it's fair to ask those questions, but the American people over the coming year are going to have to make a choice between two candidates. And so I suspect that that one of the things you'll start to hear tonight is President Biden starting to frame this election as a choice, we now know, between President Biden and former President Trump.
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