In a speech indicting President Donald Trump’s vision and policies on Tuesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lauded an upswell of progressive activism, dubbing it “the beginning of a political revolution.” Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-Mass.) had the honor of delivering the Democratic Party’s official response to Trump’ State of the Union address; Virginia Del. As a candidate, Trump also made noise about taking on the titans of Wall Street, Sanders noted. “As president, not only has Trump not taken on Wall Street, he has appointed more Wall Street billionaires to his administration than any president in history,” Sanders stated. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)Equally offensive to Sanders was Trump’s omission of climate change and other pressing topics from his State of the Union address.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2018 06:31 UTC