
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds set to give GOP response to Biden's State of the Union address
CNN
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is slated to deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
The speech will give Reynolds a prominent national platform to speak to the country and offer up a critique of the Biden administration agenda. It comes as Republicans work to make their case to the American public ahead of pivotal midterm elections that will determine which party controls the House and Senate.
It's Washington tradition for the party locked out of power at the White House to pick a rising star within their ranks to give a rebuttal speech following the President's annual State of the Union. The nationally televised speech serves as a way to counter-program and draw a contrast.

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