Party leaders opted for a soberly delivered, centrist counter to the president’s speech, but the dominant image of Democratic pushback was a liberal congressman waving his cane in protest.

Elissa Slotkin of Michigan gave the Democratic response to Republican President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night, arguing that while Americans clearly want change, the president's first six weeks in his second term suggest a chaotic and morally indifferent style that threatens the nation.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D) slammed the start of President Trump’s second term in office in the Democratic response to his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. In a roughly 10-minute speech,