04:25Democrats responded to Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday with a series of rebuttals that sounded a note of defiance in the face of policies they lambasted as divisive and discriminatory. Typically, the opposing party delivers one official response to the president’s State of the Union. He is the grandson of Robert “Bobby” Kennedy and great-nephew of former President John F Kennedy. Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersIn his speech, Kennedy painted a picture of a starkly different America than the one Trump described in the preceding hours. Hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets.”While he did not mention Trump by name, Kennedy also took a veiled shot at the president’s demeanor.

Source: The Guardian January 30, 2018 22:35 UTC