Three Democrats tasked with responding to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday night have either advanced or otherwise approved a radical policy stance on issues ranging from energy to immigration to police.
Democrat New York State Rep. Adriano Espirat, California State Rep. Lattefa Simon and Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin each bring back Trump’s speech. Each of the three lawmakers supported or voted for many left-wing policies — focusing cash to strengthen anti-political activists, or even protesting on behalf of known terrorists — represents the party to a public audience as Democrats continue to try to escape the political wilderness. (Related: Exclusive: Trump invites volleyball players to invite trans opponents to become special guests at their address to Congress)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) spoke with the “dreamers” and “dreamers” and the prime minister at the US Capitol on October 25, 2017 at Washington, DC (Chip Somodevila/Whimselfish image)
espaillat responds to Trump’s speech in Spanish, his office announcement February 28th. His remarks highlight the Democrats are making a stymie effort to “the most terrible violation of our Trump administration’s laws, our social norms, and the principles that unite us.”
Despite his current concerns about American unity, Espirat won the X in late October 2024 It is characterized All Trump supporters are “racist” who “try to divide our country.” Additionally, Espaillat protested in 2017 against the incarceration of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a known Puerto Rican nationalist terrorist who is a member of the National Liberation Army (FALN).
Rivera was convicted of inflammatory conspiracy, using force to commit robberies, interstate transport of firearms and ammunition to assist in felony mandate, and interstate transport of stolen vehicles in 1981. According to To the Department of Justice (DOJ). Fern’s tactics included dozens of bombings that resulted in six deaths.
ESPAILLAT co-sponsored a bill to help Medicare transform the US health sector into a single payer system if it fundamentally enacted it. 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. The lawmakers also threw his support behind radical policies such as: Green New Deal And a invoice It would have changed immigration law to provide citizenship to around 8 million immigrants, but he has Vote against Republicans’ May 2023 Border Protection Bill and It was introduced 2018 Bill (ICE) to eliminate immigration and customs enforcement.
Meanwhile, Slotkin delivers her own rebuttal in one of her first major missions as a senator. barely He managed to beat Republican candidate Mike Rogers in the open Senate seat in Michigan in 2024.
When the race with Rodgers heated up the stretch, Slotkin made serious efforts to portray himself against the unpopular Biden-managed electric vehicle (EV) order, despite the Biden administration’s voted several times to push Americans to push them into the EVS.
Like Espaillat, Slotkin voted Against May 2023 GOP Border Protection Bill and Against A resolution denounces the “border emperor” and former vice president Kamala Harris for his poor performance in dealing with immigration issues.
Slotkin did not vote Monday for protection of women and girls in the 2025 Sports Act.
45 other Senate Democrats voted to block the bill, but athletes taking part in women’s sports. However, Slotkin co-hosted the Equality Act. This is a critic like the Heritage Foundation say “In the end, it will lead to the erasure of women by dismantling gender-specific facilities, sports and other women-only spaces.” 2019, 2021 and 2023.
In particular, Trump is inviting 19-year-old Payton McNabb. This was a female volleyball player who had severe brain damage in athletic competition with biological men and scooped on Tuesday as a special guest attending his address. (Related: DEMS has already rallying resistance within 24 hours of Trump’s election)
Rep. Leytefa Simon (D-CA) was published by headquarters on February 10, 2025 in DC, Washington, on 10 February 2025, in DC, Washington, with Democrats and CFPB workers holding rallies to protest the closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the orders from occupations issued by CFPB Director Russell.
Simon is the third Democrat who tries to clarify the party’s response to Trump’s speech and the ideas it contains. Unlike Slotkin, the counterargument will be one of Simon’s first big public ventures with her new gig, given that she was elected to her first term at home in the 2024 election cycle.
The new student lawmaker, along with the then-San Francisco district attorney, is a long-time acquaintance of former Vice President Harris. Tapping In 2005, Simon helped establish “back-on-track,” the “first rebellious initiative for young adults charged with low-level crimes.” Harris hosted Simon’s wedding, but she appeared to be keeping her distance from Simon during the 2024 campaign season. It has been reported October 2024.
According to Beacon, Simon worked as president of the left-wing Aconady Foundation since 2016 T0 2022 before running for federal office. In her surveillance, the organization routed cash towards anti-intervention initiatives, characterising the group called the Anti-Police-Terror Project as “beacons.”[advocating] Reportedly, they will enrich family and friends in order to abolish police. ”
Simon did not abandon her radical attitude after leaving her parliament, the Aconady Foundation. Campaign Website indicates. She packed the Supreme Court, passed the Green New Deal, and campaigned to find ways to “unlock the criminal system from the immigration system” among other progressive wish list items.
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