--- title: Trump Address to Congress: Rosie O'Donnell Protests Speech description: Rosie O'Donnell, who has openly feuded with Donald Trump, will be rallying against the President's address to Congress Tuesday night. canonical: https://time.com/4685575/rosie-odonnell-protest-donald-trump-address-congress/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T17:19:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:34:40.087Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump’s Nemesis Rosie O’Donnell Joins Protest Rally Ahead of His Speech og:description: She's there to resist his policies og:url: https://time.com/4685575/rosie-odonnell-protest-donald-trump-address-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c3397741590702/6988bc560b72e341eb6ecccf/rosie-odonnell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2457 og:image:height: 1382 og:image:alt: "Sunday In The Park With George" Broad Way Opening Night - Arrivals & Curtain Call og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump’s Nemesis Rosie O’Donnell Joins Protest Rally Ahead of His Speech twitter:description: She's there to resist his policies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c3397741590702/6988bc560b72e341eb6ecccf/rosie-odonnell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump’s Nemesis Rosie O’Donnell Is Joining a Protest Rally Ahead of His Speech > Sponsored content. 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Tuesday evening ahead of [President Trump’s address to Congress](http://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/). O’Donnell will join progressive groups including the ACLU, MoveOn.org and [Our Revolution](https://ourrevolution.com/) to protest [Trump’s policies](http://time.com/4685278/donald-trump-congress-address-guest-list/), at an event dubbed “A Resistance Address: Defending American Values in a Time of Moral Crisis.” The feud between O’Donnell and Trump [dates back years ](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/04/brief-history-ongoing-donald-trump-vs-rosie-odonnell-feud.html)and was in the spotlight again during the presidential campaign when Trump disparaged her looks during the first Republican primary debate. Most recently, O’Donnell [offered to play ](http://time.com/4667017/rosie-odonnel-steve-bannon-photo/)Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon on _Saturday Night Live._ “We’re here to remind him \[President Trump\] that not only are his policies unpopular, they are also destructive to the fabric of this nation and our planet,” said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch, a group participating in the protest. “That’s why the state of the resistance is stronger than ever — and will continue to grow.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685575/rosie-odonnell-protest-donald-trump-address-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685575/rosie-odonnell-protest-donald-trump-address-congress/"},"headline":"President Trump’s Nemesis Rosie O’Donnell Is Joining a Protest Rally Ahead of His Speech","datePublished":"2017-02-28T17:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:34:40.087Z","description":"Rosie O'Donnell will be in D.C. 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