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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's televised response to President Trump on Tuesday night got higher ratings than Trump's address, The Hill reports.

By the numbers: Schumer and Pelosi's rebuttal got a combined 29.3 rating on NBC, Fox News, CNN, CBS, MSNBC and ABC, according to early numbers from Nielsen. Trump's address had a 28.1 rating on those same networks. 

Democratic rebuttal had higher ratings than Trump's address

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer narrowly beat out viewership for Trump's speech.

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#x27;s televised response to President Trump on Tuesday night got higher ratings than Trump&#x27;s address, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Hill reports" data-vars-click-url="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/424560-pelosi-schumer-response-tops-trump-speech-in-preliminary-ratings" data-vars-content-id="2375f626-0771-4c31-af66-fe8f58777145" data-vars-headline="Democratic rebuttal had higher ratings than Trump&#x27;s address" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/424560-pelosi-schumer-response-tops-trump-speech-in-preliminary-ratings" target="_blank">The Hill reports</a>.By the numbers: Schumer and Pelosi&#x27;s rebuttal got a combined 29.3 rating on NBC, Fox News, CNN, CBS, MSNBC and ABC, according to early numbers from Nielsen. Trump&#x27;s address had a 28.1 rating on those same networks.

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