Kennedy, Guzman to deliver Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union

“From health care to economic justice to civil rights, the Democratic agenda stands in powerful contrast to President Trump’s broken promises to American families”, Kennedy said in a statement.

Kennedy won’t be alone, either. The speech itself carried a sense of momentum sorely lacking in Trump’s own State of the Union address, even with all of the pageantry of the presidency.

CBS News also adds that Elizabeth Guzman of Virginia’s House of Delegates will deliver the Spanish-language response to Trump’s address, immediately following Kennedy’s speech. “It was a fairly conventional State of the Union Address – a conventional speech given by an unconventional type of president”.

Kennedy spent the first half of his speech criticizing Trump’s key policies and positions, including on immigration and healthcare, arguing that the administration is forcing the country to make “false choices” between different groups of vulnerable people.

Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat who has called for Mr. Trump’s impeachment, was scheduled to give her rebuttal on BET News special “Angela Rye’s State of the Union”. Kennedy’s optimistic message of making the pie bigger, rather than fighting over the slices, is not one that Democrats have always highlighted.

Kennedy denounced the proposal to repeal and replace Obamcare as an “act of malice”.

A graduate of both Stanford and Harvard, Kennedy served as an assistant district attorney in MA before serving in Congress. After college at Stanford and a stint in the Peace Corps, in 2006, he worked on his Uncle Ted’s re-election bid to the Senate.

What is Joe Kennedy known for?

Listing especially upsetting developments during Trump’s tenure, Kennedy was sure to include “hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets” ― a reference to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that Trump refused to condemn unequivocally.

Yes, he admitted using little bit too much chapstick before taking the stage, but the speech did what it needed to do, and then some.

Kennedy serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and has sponsored legislation to boost the manufacturing sector. He now serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mr. Kennedy earned his law degree from Harvard in 2009 and joined the district attorney’s office on Cape Cod. He said he does not know why Democratic leadership chose him to do it but he is honored that they did.

The father of two is the grandson of the Sen.

Among other things, he called for “pensions that are solvent, trade pacts that are fair, roads and bridges that won’t rust away, and good education you can afford”.

A scion of one of America’s foremost political dynasties – his grandfather was Robert F. Kennedy and his great-uncles were President John F. Kennedy and Sen.