Washington ? The nation cannot afford the spending Democrats have enacted or the tax increases they propose, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday in the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.

McDonnell told a cheering crowd of supporters in Richmond, Va., that Democratic policies are resulting in an unsustainable level of debt. He said Americans want affordable health care, but they don’t want the government to run it.

“In the past year, more than 3 million Americans have lost their jobs,” McDonnell said, “yet the Democratic Congress continues deficit spending, adding to the bureaucracy, and increasing the national debt on our children and grandchildren.”

McDonnell said that all Americans want affordable, high-quality health care.

But, he added, “Most Americans do not want to turn over the best medical care system in the world to the federal government.”

In a new twist for Republicans, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., will tape a Spanish-language version of the Republican response. Diaz-Balart’s speech will be carried by Spanish-language media.