Schumer and Pelosi predict Trump's prime-time address will be 'full of malice and misinformation'

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
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Democrats are asking for equal time on Tuesday night to respond to President Trump's prime-time address regarding the border.

Trump announced on Monday he's going to speak about "the humanitarian and national security crisis on our southern border," and requested that the major networks air his address. After mulling it over, ABC, NBC, CBS, and MSNBC all said they will go live to his speech at 9 p.m. ET, much to the chagrin of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.