Politico
Calderon hits U.S. from House floor
By: Kasie Hunt
May 20, 2010 12:26 PM EDT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s tough criticism of U.S. gun control and Arizona’s immigration law — as he stood in the speaker’s chair in the House chamber — angered Republicans while Democrats cheered, adding a partisan tinge to what was supposed to be a routine speech.

This type of rebuke from a foreign leader invited to a joint session of Congress is very rare — and the partisan response from members of Congress made the spectacle more like a State of the Union address than a staid speech from a foreign ally.

“I strongly disagree with your recently adopted law in Arizona,â€