Joe Kennedy will be delivering the official Democratic response tomorrow -- and Bernie will be [View all]

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competing with him, delivering his own response AT THE SAME TIME. Instead of pointing his supporters to Kennedy's speech, he's going to try to distract them.

There are no words.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/371237-sanders-to-deliver-his-own-state-of-the-union-response


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning to offer his own response to President Trump's first State of the Union speech Tuesday evening.

Sanders — an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats — will deliver his speech via social media shortly after Trump's address, according to his office.

Sanders's office didn't hint at what the Vermont lawmaker will say. But he simultaneously blasted out a note to supporters from his campaign account knocking Trump and predicting what the president won't discuss during the prime-time address.


MEET JOE KENNEDY:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/who-is-joe-kennedy-iii-state-of-the-union-democrat/index.html

Last year, Kennedy, who's currently serving his third term in the House, garnered national attention during the health care debate when he delivered an emotional speech that went viral.

During a marathon committee markup on the Republicans' Affordable Care Act repeal and replace bill, Kennedy slammed House Speaker Paul Ryan, specifically taking issue with the fellow Catholic's interpretation of scripture and label for the the measure as an "act of mercy."

Kennedy denounced the proposal to repeal and replace Obamcare as an "act of malice."

He was born and raised near Boston with his twin brother, Matthew Kennedy.

He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree from Stanford University. He also played lacrosse in college and served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic for two years.