The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website January 30, 2018:
Handful of Democratic responses highlighted by Sanders and a Kennedy
Before an audience of students at a vocational high school in an old Massachusetts manufacturing city, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III offered the official Democratic response to the State of the Union.
But he had plenty of company in reacting to Trump on camera.
Kennedy’s speech, which was no “Dream Shall Never Die,” made a direct reference to a slogan Democrats crafted to try to appeal to working-class voters, which was rolled out last summer.
“We choose ‘A Better Deal’ for all who call this country home. We choose the living wage, paid leave and affordable child care your family needs to survive. We choose pensions that are solvent, trade pacts that are fair, roads and bridges that won’t rust away, and good education you can afford,” Kennedy said. Continue reading “Democrats Respond (and Respond) to Trump’s State of the Union”