‘A progressive vision’: Rep. Rashida Tlaib to deliver liberal response to President Biden’s State of the Union
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Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib will deliver the Working Families Party’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.
The president’s opposing party typically offers a rebuttal of the speech – this year, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the speech – but it is less common for a member of the president’s own party to offer a formal response even under the umbrella of another political organization.
Tlaib’s address will likely highlight major points of divide between liberal and moderate Democrats, who remain split over key portions of Biden’s agenda in advance of the looming midterm elections.
Progressives remain frustrated that moderate Democrats, like Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have blocked the social safety net platform of Biden’s agenda, in the form of the Build Back Better Act, and voting rights legislation.
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