[rtt-abq] Fw: Udall Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

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Our friend, Greg Bloom with Senator Udall's office pased this along.

From: Tom Udall Press Office <NEWS_PressOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: February 5, 2019 at 9:08:51 PM MST
To: Tom Udall Press Office <NEWS_PressOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Udall Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

For Immediate Release

February 5, 2019

Contact: Ned Adriance

202.228.6870 | news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx| @SenatorTomUdall

Udall Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Tom Udall issued the following statement on President
Trump’s State of the Union Address:

“After he dragged our country through the longest government shutdown in
American history, President Trump had an opportunity tonight to show people in
New Mexico that he would change course. Unfortunately, the president seems
committed to the same destructive tactics that caused 35 days of hardship,
pain, and fear for families across our state and the country.

“The president’s appeals to unity rang hollow, because he insists on sowing
hatred, fear, and division – with rhetoric demonizing immigrants and spreading
misinformation about our border. And his administration’s cruel legacy of
family separation and other blatant anti-immigrant policies still haunt us and
violate our values as a nation. As New Mexicans know, the president’s
fear-mongering and out-of-touch characterization of the border does not match
the reality on the ground, and the president’s simplistic solution – a massive,
wasteful wall – is not a realistic or effective approach to keeping our nation
secure. We do face complex challenges at our southern border, and those
challenges demand serious solutions that I have long supported and will
continue to support in the future. I hope Congress can move beyond the
president’s message of division and work toward those meaningful solutions.

“Meanwhile, the president continues to ignore the real pain that his needless
shutdown caused families all across this country. And his administration
continues to ignore the real needs and priorities of the American people – on
health care, education, climate change, immigration reform, and so many other
critical matters – instead listening to the special interests, billionaire
campaign donors, and insider lobbyists. New Mexicans look at the dysfunction
and the backwards agenda of the Trump administration, and they see a government
that just isn’t answering to the American people. That’s why my top priority in
this Congress is fighting for badly-needed reforms – to fix our democracy and
return it to its rightful owners, the people.”

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Lisa C

[rtt-abq] Fw: Udall Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

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