Stacey Abrams, former Georgia House Minority Leader, gave the Democratic Response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address, calling the government shutdown a political stunt and criticizing Trump's immigration policy. WASHINGTON—Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, pushed back against President Trump’s immigration policy and said GOP legislative efforts had shortchanged the middle class in Democrats’ official response to his State of the Union address. Democrats expressed skepticism Tuesday night after Mr. Trump’s speech, in which he both appealed for bipartisanship and pledged to build a wall along the border with Mexico. Ms. Abrams—the former Georgia state House minority leader and first black female major-party...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 06, 2019 04:41 UTC