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AZUZ: Another State the Union tradition is the opposing political party's response. The first televised one of those took place in 1966 after the State of the Union Address by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a Democrat and two Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford recorded speeches that were shown after the president's address.
And so, that tradition continued last night. After the speech by the Republican president, a Democratic U.S. representative named Joe Kennedy from Massachusetts gave his party's response. He's the grand nephew of President John F. Kennedy and he spoke from a high school in his state.
REP. JOE KENNEDY III (D), MASSACHUSETTS: We see an economy that makes stocks soar, investor portfolios bulge and corporate profits climb but fails to give workers their fair share of the reward.
A government that struggles to keep itself open, Russia knee-deep in our democracy, an all-out war on environmental protection, a Justice Department rolling back civil rights by the day, hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets.
It would be easy to dismiss the past year as chaos, partisanship and politics. But it's far, far bigger than that. This administration isn't just targeting the laws that protect us. They are targeting the very idea that we are all worthy of protection.
Ladies and gentlemen, have faith. Have faith: The State of our Union is hopeful, resilient, enduring.
God bless you. God bless your families, and may God bless the United States of America.
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