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Rep. @IlhanMN on the SOTU: "I expected there to be an acknowledgment of the workers that he just used as political football—I expected there to be some imagination, a plan. It really felt like a pedestrian address, and I was taken aback by the lack of planning, vision & interest"

In his speech last night, President Trump again called Iran the world's leading state sponsor of terror, denouncing its "radical regime." Rep. Ilhan Omar responds: "This is a president who has cozied up to Saudi Arabia… This president is a liar-in-chief"
#SOTU #DNlive

It was "really difficult" to be in the room during the State of the Union when Trump disparaged immigrants, says Rep. @IlhanMN. "For the president to continue to demonize immigrants and speak of aliens and not realize that seeking asylum isn't illegal is really devastating" #SOTU

"It was a night of contrast," says activist Ana María Archila, responding to the SOTU. "It was incredible to see a sea of women wearing white, representing the history of our country… On the other hand, there was Kavanaugh, representing the failure of democracy."