Virginia’s new governor gives State of the Union rebuttal while Alex Padilla echoes similar themes in Spanish response
Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger gave a crisp and pointed rebuttal to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, focusing on what she called the president’s failure to deliver costs, safety and humanity to the American people.
“We did not hear the truth from our president,” Spanberger said in the 12-minute speech on Tuesday night, asking voters to reflect on how Trump’s agenda has directly affected their lives. “So let’s speak plainly and honestly,” she said. “Is the president working for you?”
Democratic party leaders have repeatedly sought to return policy discussion to kitchen-table economic issues of affordability. More than half of Americans wanted Trump to focus on the economy in his address, according to a CNN poll released Tuesday, while a Harris poll commissioned by the Guardian in December suggested that almost half of Americans believe their financial security is getting worse.
It was awesome that she came to Colonial Williamsburg to speak. We weren’t the first or only spark in the Revolution, but important bits of it were happening here. I’m also amused as this article gives part of the story - CW is a living history museum; it’s also where it happened. Downtown Williamsburg is slightly northwest of where it was, because the original area of Williamsburg is now CW. Streets are public but closed to traffic during the day. It’s more than a mile wide and half a mile tall area of original colonial buildings along with many reconstructed. Nearly every individual building has a name and history. But yes, it’s also the largest ourdoor museum in North America. :)