Democratic Response Will Stress Affordability

New York Times: “Since she arrived in Congress in 2019, Abigail Spanberger served as an unofficial spokeswoman for the moderate wing of the Democratic Party whose primary goal was to win elections, not start a political movement.”

“So when Ms. Spanberger, weeks into her term as Virginia’s governor, was chosen by the Democratic congressional leadership to deliver the party’s response to President Trump’s State of the Union speech, it served as a message to the rest of the party to follow the example she set in her winning campaign last year.”

“And indeed, Ms. Spanberger plans to address key themes she campaigned on when she follows Mr. Trump on Tuesday night: affordability, the chaos instigated by the president both in America and overseas, and the ways ‘ordinary citizens’ are pushing back against the president, according to a preview of her speech themes circulated by her aides.”