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The Weekly Democratic Address was delivered by a different prominent Democrat each week, in response to the weekly address of the president of the United States during a Republican presidency. When a Democrat has held the presidency, the President delivers the weekly address, such as occurred during 2009–2017 under Barack Obama.
George W. Bush
2001 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
Republican President George W. Bush was inaugurated on January 20. While Democrats held a majority in the Senate until Inauguration Day, Republicans received a majority of seats in both the House and Senate following the inauguration.
2002 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2003 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2004 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2005 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2006 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2007 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
2008 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
Democratic nominee Barack Obama was elected president while the Democrats hold majorities in both houses. After the election, Obama gives out weekly addresses on the behalf of all Democrats.
2009 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
When Barack Obama was inaugurated as President, Democrats returned to having Weekly Addresses by the President while Republicans began the use of Weekly Responses. Democrats would later return to the Weekly Address format on January 21, 2017, with the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump
2017 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
Republican President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, and Republicans currently hold majorities in both houses of Congress. For the first time, the Democrats, as the Opposition, will begin and continue using video addresses in addition to its usual Radio Address that the Democrats made in the Bush Administration. The Republicans also did weekly video addresses during the Obama Administration.
Date
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Speakers
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State
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Position
|
Notes
|
Reference(s)
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January 21
|
Chuck Schumer
|
New York
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Senate
|
Senate Democratic Leader. President Donald Trump did not make a Weekly Address.
|
[112]
|
January 28
|
Nancy Pelosi
|
California
|
House
|
House Democratic Leader
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[113]
|
February 3
|
Ed Markey
|
Massachusetts
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Senate
|
|
[114]
|
February 10
|
Joe Crowley
|
New York
|
House
|
Chairman of the Democratic Caucus
|
[115]
|
February 17
|
Tammy Duckworth
|
Illinois
|
Senate
|
|
[116]
|
February 25
|
Linda Sánchez
|
California
|
House
|
Vice Chairwoman of the House Democratic Caucus; first weekly address to be addressed in Spanish.
|
[117][118]
|
March 3
|
Chris Murphy
|
Connecticut
|
Senate
|
|
[119]
|
March 10
|
Cheri Bustos
|
Illinois
|
House
|
|
[120]
|
March 17
|
Jeanne Shaheen
|
New Hampshire
|
Senate and former Governor
|
|
[121]
|
March 25
|
Adam Schiff
|
California
|
House
|
|
[122]
|
April 1
|
Sheldon Whitehouse
|
Rhode Island
|
Senate
|
Host of over 100 community dinners
|
[123]
|
April 8
|
Hakeem Jeffries
|
New York
|
House
|
Weekly Address, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee
|
[124][125]
|
April 15
|
Tom Perez
|
Maryland
|
Democratic National Committee Chairman
|
|
[126]
|
April 21
|
Ben Ray Luján
|
New Mexico
|
House
|
|
[127]
|
April 28
|
Brian Schatz
|
Hawaii
|
Senate
|
|
[128]
|
May 5
|
Steny Hoyer
|
Maryland
|
House
|
Democratic Whip
|
[129]
|
May 13
|
Kirsten Gillibrand
|
New York
|
Senate
|
|
[130]
|
May 19
|
David Cicilline
|
Rhode Island
|
House
|
|
[131]
|
May 26
|
Tom Carper
|
Delaware
|
Senate and former Governor
|
|
[132]
|
June 2
|
Eric Swalwell
|
California
|
House
|
|
[133]
|
June 9
|
Ron Wyden
|
Oregon
|
Senate
|
|
[134]
|
June 16
|
James Clyburn
|
South Carolina
|
House
|
|
[135]
|
June 23
|
Mazie Hirono
|
Hawaii
|
Senate
|
|
[136]
|
June 30
|
Joe Kennedy III
|
Massachusetts
|
House
|
|
[137]
|
July 7
|
Debbie Stabenow, Michael Bennet, Martin Heinrich, Maggie Hassan, Jon Tester, Mazie Hirono, Cory Booker, Chris Van Hollen, and Tammy Baldwin
|
Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Montana, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maryland, and Wisconsin (respectively)
|
Senate
|
Consists of various Democratic Senators giving out their concerns over the American Health Care Act while hosting events across the country.
|
[138]
|
July 13
|
Bennie Thompson
|
Mississippi
|
House
|
|
[139]
|
July 21
|
Patty Murray
|
Washington
|
Senate
|
|
[140]
|
July 28
|
Betty McCollum
|
Minnesota
|
House
|
|
[141]
|
August 5
|
Tammy Baldwin
|
Wisconsin
|
Senate
|
|
[142]
|
August 11
|
Cedric Richmond
|
Louisiana
|
House
|
|
[143]
|
August 18
|
Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner
|
Virginia (Both Senators)
|
Senate
|
The Address was in response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. President Trump did not made a Weekly Address. Senator Kaine was also Hillary Clinton's running mate for her presidential campaign whom they lost against Trump.
|
[144]
|
August 25
|
Jim Himes
|
Connecticut
|
House
|
|
[145]
|
September 1
|
Sherrod Brown
|
Ohio
|
Senate
|
|
[146]
|
September 8
|
Michelle Lujan Grisham
|
New Mexico
|
House
|
|
[147]
|
September 15
|
Dick Durbin
|
Illinois
|
Senate
|
|
[148]
|
September 22
|
John Yarmuth
|
Kentucky
|
House
|
|
[149]
|
September 29
|
Catherine Cortez Masto
|
Nevada
|
Senate
|
|
[150]
|
October 6
|
John Lewis
|
Georgia
|
House
|
|
[151]
|
October 13
|
Bernie Sanders (I)
|
Vermont
|
Senate
|
Independent Senator who caucuses with the Democratic Senate. Also campaigned for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.
|
[152]
|
October 20
|
Richard Neal
|
Massachusetts
|
House
|
|
[153]
|
October 27
|
Ben Cardin
|
Maryland
|
Senate
|
|
[154]
|
November 3
|
Rosa DeLauro
|
Connecticut
|
House
|
|
[155]
|
November 10
|
Jon Tester
|
Montana
|
Senate
|
|
[156]
|
November 17
|
Suzan DelBene
|
Connecticut
|
House
|
|
[157]
|
November 25
|
Michael Bennet
|
Colorado
|
Senate
|
|
[158]
|
December 1
|
Jackie Speier
|
California
|
House
|
|
[159]
|
December 2
|
Chris Coons
|
Delaware
|
Senate
|
|
[160]
|
December 15
|
Mike Thompson
|
California
|
House
|
|
[161]
|
December 23
|
Bob Casey
|
Pennsylvania
|
Senate
|
The President did not release a Weekly Address; the Address gives out his concerns and reaction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
|
[162]
|
December 30
|
Tim Walz
|
Minnesota
|
House
|
President Trump continued to not release another weekly address for the second consecutive week.
|
[163]
|
2018 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
President Trump discontinued his Weekly Addresses in August 2018, although the Democrats continued their weekly addresses since then.
2019 Weekly Democratic Address speakers
As of July 2019, President Trump has not issued a weekly address.
2020
2021
It was discontinued upon Trump's loss of re-election to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.