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      Seattle's Socialist City Councilor Offers Radical Response to Obama Speech

      In rebuttal to State of the Union, Seattle's Kshama Sawant challenges key assumptions and policies presented in presidential address

      Jon Queally
      Jan 29, 2014

      Though Republicans tied themselves in knots and exposed their party's extensive internal rifts by offering four separate rebuttals to President Obama's State of the Union on Tuesday, a development that received less attention was the short response to the speech offered by recently-elected Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant.

      Sawant, who won her seat running as an open Socialist while supporting a $15 minimum wage for local workers, called out the president for betraying an array of his 2008 campaign promises and falling short of subsequent opportunities after more than five years in office.

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      President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union on Tuesday, January 28, 2014

      Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address

      Common Dreams Staff
      Jan 29, 2014

      President Obama delivered his 2014 State of the Union address on Jan. 28, 2014, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service:

      PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much.

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