FACT CHECK: Democrat's Answer To The State Of The Union Address, Annotated

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Published January 30, 2018 at 9:00 PM EST

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Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., gave the democrat's response to the President's speech.

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Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., listens during a dedication ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Centennial Stamp at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

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Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III, seen as a rising political star with a famous last name, will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

In announcing their decision, Democratic leaders in Congress called Kennedy a "relentless fighter for working Americans."

Kennedy is the grandson of the late Robert Kennedy, the former U.S. attorney general and New York senator who was assassinated in 1968. He is also the great nephew of both the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and the late president John F. Kennedy.