WATCH: Philadelphia council member Nicolas O’Rourke delivers State of the Union progressive response

Politics

Philadelphia City Council member Nicolas O'Rourke delivered  the progressive response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech Thursday, on behalf of the Working Families Party.

Watch the response in the player above.

Party leadership opposes former President Donald Trump and endorsed Biden in the 2020 election, but they have not backed the president in his reelection bid.

In recent years, Democratic Reps. Delia Ramirez of Illinois, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Jamaal Bowman of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, have been tapped to deliver the response.

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