Read Bernie Sanders Rebuttal to President Trumps State of the Union Address
Vermont Senator and former Democratic primary presidential candidate Bernie Sanders live-streamed his rebuttal to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night. In an address streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, Sen. Sanders delivered an alternative to the official Democratic rebuttal from Congressman Joe Kennedy and a Spanish-language rebuttal from Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman. Sanders opened his speech by addressing President Trump's early economic record, criticizing Republicans' "so-called tax reform bill'," and arguing that wealthy Americans have "never had it so good" while "millions of American workers are working two or three jobs just to keep their heads above water.", "In my view, that's wrong," Sanders said, adding, "the taxpayers of this country should not be providing corporate welfare to the wealthiest families in this country." Sanders also took note of issues that Trump's State of the Union did not address, including climate change, campaign finance, voter suppression, and college debt and argued that many Americans hold "a very different vision for the future of our country" than the one offered by Trump and Congressional Republicans. "But the truth is that there is a lot of good news out there as well," Sanders said, referring to the Women's March among other demonstrations that have called for social, economic, and racial justice. "In an unprecedented way, we are witnessing a revitalization of American democracy with more and more people standing up and fighting back," he said. Read Sanders' full speech below