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Gov Abigail #Spanberger of Virginia framed the #Democratic Party’s rebuttal to Trump’s #SOTU address around 3 questions: Is he making life more affordable? Is he keeping Americans safe? And is he working on Americans’ behalf?

Spanberger, who took office last month, argued that on all 3 counts, the answer was no.

“Is the president working for you?” she asked before a supportive crowd in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. “We all know the answer is no.”

#Trump #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/spanberger-democratic-response-trump-sotu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Spanberger, in Democratic Response, Asks, ‘Is the President Working for You?’

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Spanberger’s speech — & the selection of her to deliver it — signaled how #Democratic leaders want the party to be viewed in Trump’s second term: sober & serious officials who understand voters’ economic plight.

A #moderate who is coming off a landslide election victory in #Virginia, #Spanberger gave a safe speech that struck the political notes #Democrats are aiming to press — that #Trump has hurt the economy & sowed #chaos with his policies.

#SOTU #USpol

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

#Spanberger, 46, is the second #CIA veteran in 2 years chosen to deliver the #Democratic Party’s formal response to Trump. Last year, it was Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan, a fellow #moderate who also first entered #Congress in 2018 & had also just won a statewide election. While #Slotkin warned last year that #Trump would increase the #CostOfLiving, Spanberger made a broader case that his admin was working against the #WellBeing of the American #people.

#SOTU

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

#Spanberger called Trump’s #tariffs a “massive tax hike on you & your family,” & argued that congressional #Republicans were making life more #expensive & “making it more difficult to see a #doctor” while driving up the costs of #energy & #housing.

And she said that while Trump’s policies were hurting “regular Americans,” they were helping himself & his allies.

#Trump #SOTU #USpol

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

“He’s enriching himself, his family, his friends. The scale of the #corruption is unprecedented,” #Spanberger said, before ticking through details. “There’s the #CoverUp of the #EpsteinFiles, the #crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes & billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name & face on buildings all over our nation’s capital. This is not what our founders envisioned.”

#Trump #SOTU #USpol

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Spanberger’s 12-min speech took up just a fraction of the nearly 2 hours #Trump spent addressing the nation. But she hit several main points #Democrats want to hammer home about the president, including a critique of his #immigration policies.

While Trump vividly described violent crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, #Spanberger recalled the scenes Americans have watched on their screens in recent months of federal agents use of of excessive force in #Minneapolis & other #US cities.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

“Every minute spent sowing #fear is a minute not spent investigating murders, crimes against children or the criminals defrauding seniors of their life savings,” #Spanberger said. “Our president told us tonight that we are safer because these agents arrest mothers & detain children. Think about that.”

#Trump #immigration #ICE #StateSponsoredTerrorism #SOTU #USpol

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@12thRITS@mstdn.social · yesterday

@Nonilex I like her a lot in theory, and certainly agree with everything she said. In practice she's kind of charmless.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

@12thRITS

I’ll take zero charm over batshit crazy every day of the week

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