Gov. Sarah Sanders to deliver Republican response to State of the Union address
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, who served as White House press secretary in the Trump administration, will deliver the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a joint announcement Thursday.
The selection of the opposite party's response to a president's State of the Union address is typically reserved for people the party views as up-and-coming leaders.
Mr. Biden is set to deliver his address Tuesday night, and it's expected to reflect on the accomplishments of his first two years in office.
Earlier this week, Rev. Greg Lewis, an assistant pastor at St. Gabriel's Church of God In Christ in Milwaukee, physically carried one of his parishioners to the polls inside the city's Midtown early voting center to cast a ballot in Wisconsin's upcoming Democratic primary. Supported by crutches and the pastor himself, the disabled man was one of many residents Lewis has helped vote this cycle.