Kamala Harris wants to rebut Trump's State of the Union before it even happens

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last updated 6 February 2019

Democrats really don't want President Trump to have the last word — or the first.

Last week, Democrats announced they'd chosen former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams to deliver their rebuttal to Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday. After that, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will deliver his unsolicited response, and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will deliver one before the event even starts.

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Sanders on Monday said he's "looking forward" to hearing Abrams speak, but then revealed he'll appear on Facebook Live, Twitter, and YouTube for his own response. He's delivered a post-State of the Union every year of Trump's presidency. And if that wasn't enough, tune in to Facebook Live before the speech to see Harris "push back in the president's expected message of division," she said in a Tuesday release.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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