The Weekly Democratic Address was delivered by a different prominent

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each week, in response to the weekly address of the president of the United States during a Republican presidency. When a Democrat has held the presidency, the President delivers the weekly address, such as occurred during 2009–2017 under Barack Obama.

George W. Bush

2001 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Republican President George W. Bush was inaugurated on January 20. While Democrats held a majority in the Senate until Inauguration Day, Republicans received a majority of seats in both the House and Senate following the inauguration.

2002 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2003 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2004 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2005 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2006 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2007 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

2008 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Democratic nominee

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

was elected president while the Democrats hold majorities in both houses. After the election, Obama gives out weekly addresses on the behalf of all Democrats.

2009 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

When

was inaugurated as President, Democrats returned to having Weekly Addresses by the President while Republicans began the use of Weekly Responses. Democrats would later return to the Weekly Address format on January 21, 2017, with the inauguration of

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...

Donald Trump

2017 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

Republican President

was inaugurated on January 20, and Republicans currently hold majorities in both houses of Congress. For the first time, the Democrats, as the Opposition, will begin and continue using video addresses in addition to its usual Radio Address that the Democrats made in the Bush Administration. The Republicans also did weekly video addresses during the Obama Administration.

2018 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

President Trump discontinued his Weekly Addresses in August 2018, although the Democrats continued their weekly addresses since then.

2019 Weekly Democratic Address speakers

As of July 2019, President Trump has not issued a weekly address.

2020

2021

It was discontinued upon Trump's loss of re-election to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

References

External links

2003 Weekly Democratic Radio Addresses on C-SPAN (from April 19 to December 27)

2004 Weekly Democratic Radio Addresses on C-SPAN (from January 3 to December 25)

2005 Weekly Democratic Radio Addresses on C-SPAN (from January 8 to December 31)

2006 Weekly Democratic Radio Addresses on C-SPAN (from January 7 to December 30)

2007 Weekly Democratic Radio Addresses on C-SPAN (from January 6 to December 29)
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