Hillary Clinton also weighed in on the decision hours before the State of the Union address.

This post was updated following the conclusion of Tuesday's speeches. That debate began nearly immediately after his 2016 victory.

The photograph shows Pelosi, with pursed lips and looking directly at Trump, making a pointed, exaggerated hand clap, in a memorable image captured by New York Times photojournalist Doug Mills and taken by the internet to be a real, live clap back. Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to Congress, wore white to be sworn in in 1969. Well, everyone except some Democrats that is including numerous female House Democratic representatives that were all dressed in white, Sens.

Trump, in particular, needs to improve his political standing if he hopes to win re-election.

While her sister, Ivanka, and stepmother, Melania, stuck with the right wing's dark-colored dress code, Tiffany wore a white pencil skirt and matching peplum top, which she secured with a nude belt. "Lawmakers in NY cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments from birth". Kirsten Gillibrand, one of the many Democrats who have already entered the 2020 presidential race.

And independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will deliver his own response broadcast on his social media platforms once Abrams has concluded.

Trump derided Abrams as "unqualified" for statewide office during her gubernatorial campaign.

Warming to the idea of cheers from Democrats amid the partisan bitterness that marked most of this year, Trump said: "Don't sit yet". "The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the President of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people - but our values". "Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country", he added.

Yet more than anything else, immigration stood at the center of his State of the Union message. "Let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life". "For a better America". Many conservatives were outraged last month when Trump ended the government shutdown without securing funding for a massive border wall.

The president was surrounded by symbols of his emboldened political opposition. That will not change.

Trump devoted much of his speech to foreign policy, another area where Republicans have increasingly distanced themselves from the White House.

Democrats are willing to work with Trump on matters like lowering prescription drug prices and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure if he was honest, the speaker said. "It will be a theme in 2020". "When it comes to our president, I want a president that is going to represent the people of this country first, a president that understands what the truth means, a president that respects the decorum and the processes and our traditions of this great country".