Washington — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will ship the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union handle subsequent week, celebration leaders in Congress introduced on Thursday.
“Gov. Spanberger has all the time put service over politics — defending our nationwide safety and delivering actual outcomes for working households,” Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer stated in an announcement. “She is aware of People need decrease prices, safer communities, and a stronger democracy — not chaos and corruption. Gov. Spanberger will lay out a transparent path ahead: decrease on a regular basis prices, defend healthcare, and defend the freedoms that outline who we’re as a nation.”
Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA officer, was elected in November as Virginia’s first feminine governor, one in every of Democrats’ first main electoral victories since President Trump returned to the White Home.
In an announcement asserting her choice, Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries highlighted Spanberger’s work as a postal inspector and in nationwide safety earlier than she went on to symbolize Virginia in Congress starting in 2019, calling her a “trusted public servant.”
“Because the seventy fifth Governor of Virginia and first girl ever elected to steer the Commonwealth, Abigail is a champion for reducing the excessive price of dwelling, saving healthcare from the relentless far-right assault and defending the federal workforce to allow them to serve the American folks with out political interference,” Jeffries stated in an announcement.
Mr. Trump is about to ship the State of the Union handle on Feb. 24. The handle will mark his first State of the Union of his second time period. The president addressed a joint session of Congress in March of final 12 months, however it was not thought of a proper State of the Union handle.
Jeffries stated Spanberger “stands in stark distinction to Donald Trump, who will lie, deflect and blame everybody however himself for his failed presidency on Tuesday night.” He stated because the nation seems towards the 250th anniversary this summer season, Spanberger “embodies the perfect of America as a mom, group chief and devoted public servant.”
Leaders of the opposing celebration in Congress have chosen rising stars inside their ranks to ship the rebuttal to the State of the Union handle lately. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, delivered the response to the president’s handle to a joint session of Congress final 12 months. Within the remaining 12 months of President Joe Biden’s presidency, GOP Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the Republican response.
Spanberger stated in an announcement that People are “at a defining second in our nation’s historical past” because the nation contends with “rising prices, chaos of their communities, and an actual concern of what every day would possibly deliver.”
“Subsequent week, I look ahead to laying out what these People count on and deserve — leaders who’re working onerous to ship for them,” she stated.
