Joan is joined by Congresswoman Robin Kelly, who spoke about her intention to attend Donald Trump's joint address to Congress later that evening, despite her expectation that the president will deliver a stream of negativity, lies, and "pats on the back for himself and the co-president," Kelly told WCPT, referring to Elon Musk.  She highlighted the need for Democrats to protest, hold town halls, and leverage the courts to oppose Trump's actions and stressed the importance of public pressure on Republican representatives to stand against Trump.

Kelly also talked about the guest she had invited to attend the joint address, Dr. Lisa Green. "She runs one of the federally qualified health care centers in my district," Kelly said. "She is a phenomenal doctor. She runs a phenomenal center. And so I'm very concerned if there's cuts in, like, the ($)880 billion they want to cut in Medicaid and things like that that will really hurt health care facilities, not, of course, only in my district but in many areas. But I have a lot of people in my district that will be affected, as many as 300,000."

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