Sen. Bernie Sanders disputed President Trump's touting of economic boom times in America during his own live-streamed response to the State of the Union speech. He also spelled out the costs of the government shutdown and placed the blame squarely on Trump's insistence on funding for a border wall. "No, President Trump, building a wall is not an emergency," Sanders said. (Abrams delivered the Democratic response following Trump's address.) "Do not give more fodder to the people that are already going to be critical of you in the first place.

Source: CNN February 05, 2019 22:09 UTC