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| 2020 Democratic Hopefuls React to Trump’s Speech | 2020 Democratic Hopefuls React to Trump’s Speech |
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| From the moment President Trump began speaking Tuesday night, in an Oval Office address urging the public to support his controversial border wall, Democrats who may run for the White House in 2020 were responding in real time with a few central talking points: | |
| • Mr. Trump is holding federal workers “hostage” — a popular word in the responses — and causing them economic hardship. | • Mr. Trump is holding federal workers “hostage” — a popular word in the responses — and causing them economic hardship. |
| • A wall would be ineffective and “medieval,” another popular word. | • A wall would be ineffective and “medieval,” another popular word. |
| • The president’s willingness to shut down the government over his demand for a wall has actually harmed border security by denying pay to Customs and Border Protection officials. | • The president’s willingness to shut down the government over his demand for a wall has actually harmed border security by denying pay to Customs and Border Protection officials. |
| • Mr. Trump, not congressional Democrats, is responsible for the shutdown. The Democrats repeatedly noted that the Senate unanimously passed a bill last month that would have kept the government open. | • Mr. Trump, not congressional Democrats, is responsible for the shutdown. The Democrats repeatedly noted that the Senate unanimously passed a bill last month that would have kept the government open. |
| • There is no immigration crisis at the border, and any crisis that does exist is a humanitarian one caused by the president himself. | • There is no immigration crisis at the border, and any crisis that does exist is a humanitarian one caused by the president himself. |
| Here is a sampling of the responses from the 2020 Democratic hopefuls, which came mostly on Twitter. | Here is a sampling of the responses from the 2020 Democratic hopefuls, which came mostly on Twitter. |
| Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey | Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey |
| Senator Sherrod Brown, Ohio | Senator Sherrod Brown, Ohio |
| Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles | Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles |
| Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York | Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York |
| Senator Kamala Harris, California | Senator Kamala Harris, California |
| Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota | Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota |
| Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont | Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont |
| Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts | Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts |
| Ms. Warren, the only top candidate to have officially declared that she plans to run, had not responded to the speech as of 10:15 p.m. A few minutes before it began, however, she tweeted that the way to make the country safer was not by building a wall, but by “ending this ridiculous #TrumpShutdown and making sure vital agencies like the US Coast Guard, TSA, and federal law enforcement have the funds they need to maintain our national security.” | Ms. Warren, the only top candidate to have officially declared that she plans to run, had not responded to the speech as of 10:15 p.m. A few minutes before it began, however, she tweeted that the way to make the country safer was not by building a wall, but by “ending this ridiculous #TrumpShutdown and making sure vital agencies like the US Coast Guard, TSA, and federal law enforcement have the funds they need to maintain our national security.” |
| Democratic officials in the House and Senate all weighed in swiftly and sharply on Tuesday night. | |
| Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House | |
| Chuck Schumer, Senate minority leader | |
| Steny Hoyer, House majority leader | |
| Richard J. Durbin, Senate minority whip | Richard J. Durbin, Senate minority whip |
| Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Caucus chairman | Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Caucus chairman |
| Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee chairman | Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee chairman |
| Dianne Feinstein, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member | Dianne Feinstein, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member |