From WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Wednesday, March 5th.

We'll focus now on the Democratic response to last night's State of the Union style speech.

There was the moment when Texas

Congressman Al Green got himself ejected from the chamber for protesting, mostly over potential

Medicaid cuts. He did it out loud several times and he got ejected. There were signs that other

Democrats were holding up during Trump's address. And most notably, there was a rising

star who's been getting very good reviews for the official Democratic response, Michigan Senator

Alyssa Slotkin, who's a freshman who won her race in Michigan, even as Trump was winning the

state and his. And she went right after Trump

last night on something that's supposed to be one of his strengths. Look, the president talked a big

game on the economy, but it's always important to read the fine print. So do his plans actually

help Americans get ahead? Not even close. President Trump is trying to deliver

an unprecedented giveaway to his billionaire friends. He's on the hunt to find trillions of dollars

to pass along to the wealthiest in America. And to do that, he's going to make you pay in every

part of your life.

Grocery and home prices are going up, not down,

and he hasn't laid out a credible plan to deal with either of those.

We'll hear more from Melissa Slotkin's speech in this segment.

Probably many of you did not stay up that late after Trump speech.

That was very long.

With me now to discuss the Democratic response is Kadea Goba, who covers Congress for Semaphore. Thanks for coming on after a late night.

Kadea, welcome back to WNYC. Well, I thank you for having me, Brian. So why did the Democrats pick

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