--- description: Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer offered a rebuttal to President Donald Trump's Oval Office address on the border wall. Read the full transcript. title: Read the Full Transcript of Democrats' Response to Trump's Oval Office Address image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49c864ffdfd1895e/698942edb21a9cddc94ffdce/gettyimages-1091560460.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&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 # Read the Full Transcript of Democrats' Response to President Trump's Oval Office Address by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2019 2:57 AM CUT  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) pose for photographs after delivering a televised response to President Donald Trump's national address about border security at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 08, 2019. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) pose for photographs after delivering a televised response to President Donald Trump's national address about border security at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 08, 2019.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2019 2:57 AM CUT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered a sharp rebuttal to [President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address](http://time.com/5497635/president-donald-trump-wall-funding-oval-office-speech/ "undefined") on the border wall Tuesday night. Both Democratic leaders accused Trump of “manufacturing crisis” by presiding over a [partial government shutdown](http://time.com/5487323/government-shutdown-president-donald-trump/ "undefined") – now in its third week – in an effort to force funding for the wall. Democrats have[ refused to allocate the $5.7 billion in funds.](http://time.com/5494825/white-house-budge-shutdown-talks/ "undefined") Read the full transcript of Democrats’ response: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5497590/nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-trump-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5497590/nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-trump-transcript/"},"headline":"Read the Full Transcript of Democrats' Response to President Trump's Oval Office Address","datePublished":"2019-01-09T02:57:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:27:01.760Z","description":"Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer offered a rebuttal to President Donald Trump's Oval Office address on the border wall. Read the full transcript.","url":"https://time.com/5497590/nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-trump-transcript/","keywords":["Congress","Immigration","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49c864ffdfd1895e/698942edb21a9cddc94ffdce/gettyimages-1091560460.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gina Martinez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49c864ffdfd1895e/698942edb21a9cddc94ffdce/gettyimages-1091560460.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Leadership House Speaker Nancy Pelosi And Sen. Chuck Schumer Issue Response To President's Border Security Address","caption":"Democratic Leadership House Speaker Nancy Pelosi And Sen. Chuck Schumer Issue Response To President's Border Security Address","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—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/5497590/nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-trump-transcript/","name":"Read the Full Transcript of Democrats' Response to President Trump's Oval Office Address"}}]}] ```