Bernie Sanders Will Give His Own Response To SOTU At Same Time As Democrats' Response

Sen. Bernie Sanders

UPDATE: Sen. Sanders has reversed himself (see tweet below) saying he will issue his rebuttal following Stacey Abrams' official Democratic response.

Stacey Abrams is a great choice to deliver the Democratic response. I'm very much looking forward to her speech.

For the third year in a row, following the Democratic rebuttal I'll be on Facebook Live, Twitter and YouTube to respond to Trump. https://t.co/4xOCjkNwtF

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 4, 2019

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The Hill is reporting that Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will give his own response to Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

The senator's office confirmed with The Hill that he will give his rebuttal speech via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at the same time as Democrat Stacey Abrams delivers the official Democratic Response.

He's got to give his response at the same time???

The senator, who is listed as an Independent but caucuses with the Democrats, is considering another run for the White House in 2020.

And you can bet it will be as a Democrat.

It would be dope if Bernie was like I don’t need to do a SOTU response bc a capable Black women has got that covered but he couldn’t and didn’t and Black women see that and we won’t forget. #takingnote pic.twitter.com/9YldwWk37E

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) February 4, 2019

So does that mean he is asserting himself an Independent since Stacey Abrams has been tapped to give the Democrats response? #BernieSanders #SOTU #Democrats https://t.co/dCxMULMDHY

— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) February 4, 2019

Big mistake by Bernie Sanders in doing his own state of union response and in process stepping on official response by Stacey Abrams.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) February 4, 2019

Just one day. That's all. Wait until the little hand does two complete cycles and have at it. Why is that so much to ask? Why is @BernieSanders choosing the same night as the first Black woman to deliver a State of the Union response? It is so damn disrespectful.

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) February 4, 2019

#smh