Headline Roundup • January 8th, 2019
Schumer and Pelosi Plan Response to Trump's Prime-Time Address
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will give a response to President Trump's prime-time national address on Tuesday evening. “Now that the television networks have decided to air the President’s address, which if his past statements are any indication will be full of malice and misinformation, Democrats must immediately be given equal airtime," said Schumer.
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