--- description: DNC Chairman Tom Perez will attend Donald Trump's first major Congressional address with Keith Ellison title: Keith Ellison Will Bring Tom Perez to President Trump's Congressional Address image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16e8f1f58c5f43dd/6988bbf6656a3f69a4bceeca/tom-perez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Keith Ellison Will Bring DNC Chairman Tom Perez to President Trump's Congressional Address by [Madeline Farber](/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2017 12:40 AM CUT  Tom Perez addresses a women's summit at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC on June 15, 2016. Tom Perez addresses a women's summit at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC on June 15, 2016.Bill O'Leary—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2017 12:40 AM CUT Tom Perez, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is slated to attend the President’s first major congressional address on Tuesday — as a guest of his former rival Rep. [Keith Ellison](http://time.com/4643955/keith-ellison-democrat-dnc/ "undefined") (D-Minn.). “DNC Chair Tom Perez has always been on the side of working people, and I am honored to have him as my guest to tomorrow evening’s Presidential Address,” Ellison said in a statement, [according to the Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321432-new-dnc-chairman-to-attend-trumps-speech-to-congress "undefined"). Over the weekend, [Perez defeated Ellison](http://time.com/4682945/democrat-chair-vote/ "undefined") to become the next head of the DNC during a second round of ballots at a meeting in Atlanta, Ga. “Tom will stand up for working Americans and fight Trump every step of the way in every corner of the country,” Ellison said. “I look forward to standing by his side, along with every other American who wants a fair economy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/"},"headline":"Keith Ellison Will Bring DNC Chairman Tom Perez to President Trump's Congressional Address","datePublished":"2017-02-28T00:40:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:33:49.478Z","description":"As Ellison's guest","url":"https://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16e8f1f58c5f43dd/6988bbf6656a3f69a4bceeca/tom-perez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16e8f1f58c5f43dd/6988bbf6656a3f69a4bceeca/tom-perez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, speculated to be on the short list for Hillary Clinton's Vice President, addresses a women's summit at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC.","caption":"Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, speculated to be on the short list for Hillary Clinton's Vice President, addresses a women's summit at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Bill O'Leary—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/","name":"Keith Ellison Will Bring DNC Chairman Tom Perez to President Trump's Congressional Address"}}]}] ```