Rep. Lateefah Simon, a longtime friend and mentee of former VP Kamala Harris, will deliver the Working Families Party’s response to Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday.
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Aleft-wingpoliticalpartytappedDemocraticCaliforniaRep.LateefahSimon,alongtimefriendandmenteeofformerVicePresidentKamalaHarris,todeliveritsresponsetoPresidentDonaldTrump’saddresstoCongressonTuesday.
“I’mhonoredtospeakonbehalfoftheWorkingFamiliesParty,”Simonsaidinastatementlastweek.“Weneedagovernmentthatisrunbyandforworkingpeople,notbillionaires—andthat’swhattheWFPisfightingfor.WhenIseewhat’shappeninginourcountryrightnow,it’sessentialthatwe—asMembersofCongress—areshowingupforourcommunitiesandremindingpeoplethatitdoesn’thavetobethisway.”
TheWorkingFamiliesParty,whichisasmallleft-wingpoliticalparty,hasfeaturedRep.AyannaPressley,formerRep.JamaalBowman,andRep.RashidaTlaibtodeliveritsresponsetoapresident’sjointaddresstoCongressinpreviousyears.
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