Sarah McCammon

And we're back. As is tradition with these early joint addresses or State of the Union addresses, the minority party delivers an official party response. That came from Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin, who had the job for Democrats this year. Sue, just tell us a little bit about Slotkin. Why was she the choice for the rebuttal?

And we're back. As is tradition with these early joint addresses or State of the Union addresses, the minority party delivers an official party response. That came from Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin, who had the job for Democrats this year. Sue, just tell us a little bit about Slotkin. Why was she the choice for the rebuttal?

And we're back. As is tradition with these early joint addresses or State of the Union addresses, the minority party delivers an official party response. That came from Michigan Senator Alyssa Slotkin, who had the job for Democrats this year. Sue, just tell us a little bit about Slotkin. Why was she the choice for the rebuttal?

Yeah, I mean, she was pretty laser focused on this message that Trump is essentially Trump has made all of these promises, but he's not going to be able to deliver on them, especially when it comes to improving the economy.

Yeah, I mean, she was pretty laser focused on this message that Trump is essentially Trump has made all of these promises, but he's not going to be able to deliver on them, especially when it comes to improving the economy.

Yeah, I mean, she was pretty laser focused on this message that Trump is essentially Trump has made all of these promises, but he's not going to be able to deliver on them, especially when it comes to improving the economy.

You know, so you mentioned earlier that she was talking about protecting democracy as a pretty simple message that tests well. You know, She ended her remarks by calling on Americans who oppose Trump to not tune out, to show up to town halls and hold their elected leaders accountable and to work on making progress on issues that they care about, even if it's just one issue, she said.

You know, so you mentioned earlier that she was talking about protecting democracy as a pretty simple message that tests well. You know, She ended her remarks by calling on Americans who oppose Trump to not tune out, to show up to town halls and hold their elected leaders accountable and to work on making progress on issues that they care about, even if it's just one issue, she said.

You know, so you mentioned earlier that she was talking about protecting democracy as a pretty simple message that tests well. You know, She ended her remarks by calling on Americans who oppose Trump to not tune out, to show up to town halls and hold their elected leaders accountable and to work on making progress on issues that they care about, even if it's just one issue, she said.

Is that a message, though, that gets voters excited at this point?

Is that a message, though, that gets voters excited at this point?

Is that a message, though, that gets voters excited at this point?

Okay, we will leave it there for now. And we will be back in your feeds Wednesday afternoon as normal. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.

Okay, we will leave it there for now. And we will be back in your feeds Wednesday afternoon as normal. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.

Okay, we will leave it there for now. And we will be back in your feeds Wednesday afternoon as normal. I'm Sarah McCammon. I cover politics.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Eastern Time on Monday, March 3rd, 2025.

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