--- title: Donald Trump Joint Address: Democrats Leaders' Prebuttal description: Democratic leaders will host a press conference responding to President Trump's joint address to Congress before he even gives the speech. canonical: https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-27T15:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:32:43.683Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Democrats Hold 'Prebuttal' of Trump's Address og:description: Responding to Trump before he even talks to Congress. og:url: https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b84f7203678dfdf/6988b7f4e20a878347a93f12/gettyimages-633116356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lead members of Congress during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court January 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Democrats Hold 'Prebuttal' of Trump's Address twitter:description: Responding to Trump before he even talks to Congress. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b84f7203678dfdf/6988b7f4e20a878347a93f12/gettyimages-633116356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Democrats Hold 'Prebuttal' of President Trump's Address to Congress by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 27, 2017 3:26 PM UTC  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lead members of Congress during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court January 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lead members of Congress during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court January 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 27, 2017 3:26 PM UTC Congressional Democratic leaders will host a press conference responding to President Trump’s [address to Congress](http://www.npr.org/2017/02/25/516664902/trump-takes-his-vision-to-congress-the-country-and-an-audience-for-the-ages) before he even gives the speech. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will host a press conference at 2 p.m. Monday to discuss the speech. Pelosi has already been critical of the president, telling [ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos ](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-president-trump-show-1st-month-office-fear/story?id=45735916)that the president has done nothing positive in his first month in office. “He has nothing to show for it but fear in every way,” she said. The conference comes amid reports that House Democrats plan to “troll” the president by inviting guests that have been directly impacted by the president’s early policies. [_Politico_](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-congress-address-democrats-235363) reports Democrats have said “that gallery is going to look like America.” [Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear](http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/2242017/) will deliver the official democratic response on Tuesday. Astrid Silva, a dreamer and activist, will deliver a Spanish-language response. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Democrats Hold 'Prebuttal' of President Trump's Address to Congress","datePublished":"2017-02-27T15:26:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:32:43.683Z","description":"Democratic leaders will host a press conference responding to President Trump's joint address to Congress before he even gives the speech.","url":"https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/","keywords":["democrats","White House","President","nancy pelosi","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b84f7203678dfdf/6988b7f4e20a878347a93f12/gettyimages-633116356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b84f7203678dfdf/6988b7f4e20a878347a93f12/gettyimages-633116356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lead members of Congress during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court January 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C.","caption":"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lead members of Congress during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court January 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C.","creditText":"Win McNamee—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/democrats/","name":"democrats"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/","name":"Watch Live: Democrats Hold 'Prebuttal' of President Trump's Address to Congress"}}]}] ```