The newly elected Democratic senator from Michigan will deliver her party's response to Trump's speech Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.

Freshman US Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress next week, the party’s top congressional leaders announced Thursday.

Washington ― Michigan freshman U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress next week ― propelling the state's junior senator into the national spotlight after she's spent just two months in the Senate.