DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE: Stacey Abrams Following the State of the Union (FNN)

Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and rising Democratic star, is expected to blast President Trump for the partial government shutdown in her response to the State of the Union address -- calling the shutdown a "stunt" and its impact on federal workers a "disgrace."

Abrams, who will make history Tuesday night as the first African-American woman to deliver a formal State of the Union response, released excerpts of her prepared remarks in advance of the speech.

"Just a few weeks ago, I joined volunteers to distribute meals to furloughed federal workers. They waited in line for a box of food and a sliver of hope since they hadn't received a paycheck in weeks," she plans to say. "Making their livelihoods a pawn for political games is a disgrace."

She adds: "The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the President of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people--but our values."

Abrams is expected to deliver her speech in the metro Atlanta area, surrounded by Georgia activists, labor leaders, health care professionals, educators, entrepreneurs, voters and her family, after Trump delivers his message. #SOTU

[Tom-vwrg]

Does anyone else notice the glaring green screen they are she has a huge white outline around her....

[jeremysmith]

Why didn't the family let her dad take the car to work? Let him walk in the pouring rain???
Disgraceful

[MrStromboli]

How is a speech that is supposed to be a response to another speech going to be pre recorded?

[deejay]

Im so glade im not a Democrat any more, i was so blind.

[Milldog]

These people are deluded - corrupt & just plane embarrassing

[ScoteJeep]

He is telling the truth you choose not to believe it.

[keithdepoty]

who is this??? and why does she feel like she needs to try and diminish what our president has done???

[homagrownfoods]

I almost feel sorry for these idealoges. They seem sincere but lack the support of reality.

[bsmix]

So full of Crap. I've been a truck driver for 25 years. No drivers are forced to buy their own trucks. They choose to. The American economy is thriving under this President. Quit ignoring the numbers. This President has done more for African Americans than any other President besides Lincoln. Wake up people

[MathewPhilip]

Is she not living in America? Jobs are loosing...plants are closing? What a joke?

[Luxnutz]

Pretentious tripe. The People of Georgia were right not to elect you. "Carpetbaggers" looking down their noses at the people they were to elect don't bode well with the locals. The people of Georgia aren't stupid and this waste of time is. I want my 11 minutes back.

[a.m]

The gap is not between dems or Republicans it's in yo teeth😂😂😂😄😄😄😄

[bassdojo]

Seems like a "Campaign speech" not a rebuttal to SOTU.

[stacys]

What a load of crap...and she thinks Republicans are out of touch.

[rocktronx]

They should know what they are responding to before they write a response.

[azscott]

The average person walks 4 miles an hour, so it took her dad 7.5 hours to walk home? And you had a car.

[shananagans]

You want to fix the student debt issue? Quit the guaranteed student loan programs. Colleges will cut costs real fast and they will dump all these non academic programs. Seriously, when did colleges start acting as parents? That's half of what these students are paying for, an administrator around every corner to make sure their little feelings don't get hurt.

[timjarrett]

Is the Democratic party done for or what? Goodness what a joke

[terrydavid]

Truck drivers are "forced" to buy their own rigs? Really?

[edsfarm]

Bla, bla, bla, What she really said is, Trump gave us jobs, now we have to work, and voting for all, including illegals.