Presidential speeches have gotten progressively dumber since George Washington gave the first State of the Union address in 1790, according to the Guardian.
The Guardian ranked each president’s State of the Union addresses by reading level, with a colorful graph showing a steady downward trend from the Founding Fathers to modern presidents.
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