Live Updates Trump Delivers State of Union Address Timeline
10:32 PM: Michigan Gov. Whitmer delivers her response from the school her daughters attend. She says she needs more than 10 minutes to respond to Trump’s speech and his divisiveness. She is ripping Trump and the Republicans for “bullying people on Twitter” and failing to deliver on infrastructure. She says Trump burns bridges on Twitter instead of building bridges. She talks about Democrats fixing roads and pipes and the “sandwich generation.” Whitmer takes on Trump for claiming the economy is booming, asking “for whom?” … She details local pieces of legislation Dem. Governors are working on before claiming Democrats are the ones who actually fight for hardworking Americans. “Michigan invented the middle class,” she says. “So, we know–if the economy doesn’t work for working people, it just doesn’t work.”
10:25 PM: Trump’s conclusion on America being a land of heroes and pioneers.
10:20 PM: Trump surprises Amy Williams and her kids from Fort Bragg with her husband Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams, who was on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan, to “USA! USA!” chants.
10:11 PM: Trump says his administration is combating radical Islamic terrorism and speaks about his Israel-Palestine peace plan. He also says the bloodthirsty leader of ISIS, al-Baghdadi, is dead. Trump introduces the parents of Kayla Mueller and Kelli Hake, whose husband, Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Hake, was killed by roadside bomb in Iraq.
10:10 PM: Trump says so long as he is president, he will always protect the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
10:08 PM: Trump on religious liberty.
10:05 PM: Trump honors Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz and says his administration wants merit-based immigration and an end to catch-and-release policies.
10:01 PM: Trump rips Sanctuary Cities and introduces Jody Jones, whose brother Rocky was murdered by an illegal immigrant in cold blood at a gas station.
9:58 PM: Trump now asking Congress to pass an infrastructure bill and wants every citizen, especially those in rural America, to have access to high-speed Internet.
9:55 PM: Trump calls on Congress “to pass legislation finally banning the late-term abortion of babies.” Trump adds: “Whether we are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, surely we must all agree that every human life is a sacred gift from God!”
9:51 PM: Trump honors Rush Limbaugh, presents him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
9:50 PM: Trump on Coronavirus.
9:48 PM: As Trump asks Congress to send him bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices, Democrats in white heckle Trump.
9:46 PM: Trump also says his administration is taking on the big pharmaceutical companies.
9:45 PM: Trump also rips Democrats for endorsing legislation that would bankrupt the country by providing “free taxpayer-funded healthcare to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders.”
9:42 PM: Trump says nobody should be “blindsided by medical bills” and rips Democrats for proposing a “socialist takeover of our healthcare system.”
9:38 PM: Trump makes an “ironclad” promise to protect those with pre-existing conditions + Social Security and Medicare.
9:36 PM: Trump on putting the American people first: “Members of Congress, we must never forget that the only victories that matter in Washington are victories that deliver for the American people. The people are the heart of our country, their dreams are the soul of our country, and their love is what powers and sustains our country. We must always remember that our job is to put America first!”
9:31 PM: Trump: “Socialism destroys nations, but, always remember, freedom unifies the soul.”
9:30 PM: Trump tells Guaido: “Please take this message back, that all Americans are united with the Venezuelan people.”
9:26 PM: Trump says he promised citizens he would “impose tariffs to confront China’s massive theft of America’s jobs. Our strategy has worked. Days ago, we signed a groundbreaking new agreement with China that will defend our workers, protect our intellectual property, bring billions of dollars into our treasury, and open vast new markets for products made and grown here in the U.S.A.” Trump emphasizes that we are now “rebuilding our country.”
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