Response to the State of the Union address
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Response to the State of the Union address
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In American politics, the response to the State of the Union address is a rebuttal speech, often brief, delivered by a representative of an opposition party following a presidential State of the Union address. When the president is a Democrat, the rebuttal is typically given by a Republican, and vice versa. The practice began in 1966 when Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen (Illinois) and Rep. Gerald Ford (Michigan) appeared on TV to offer a response to the address by Democratic President Lyndon Joh
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Annual American political speech
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_to_the_State_of_the_Union_address
date created:
2010-02-04T07:10:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:51:49Z
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