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Over the past 30 years, only 5 people of color have been selected to deliver a rebuttal to the State of the Union. Tonight, Stacey Abrams became the sixth.

Data: The American Presidency Project; Chart: Lazaro Gamio, Andrew Witherspoon/Axios

Stacey Abrams makes State of the Union history

Over the past 30 years, only 5 people of color have been selected to deliver a rebuttal.

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<p>Over the past 30 years, only 5 people of color have been selected to deliver a rebuttal to the State of the Union. Tonight, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Stacey Abrams became the sixth." data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/stacey-abrams-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-response-76ebce0b-bfe9-40c3-aa9e-4c06996144b3.html" data-vars-content-id="80ea51d7-aeb7-426e-93c9-d9abdd0ce4be" data-vars-headline="Stacey Abrams makes State of the Union history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/stacey-abrams-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-response-76ebce0b-bfe9-40c3-aa9e-4c06996144b3.html" target="_self">Stacey Abrams became the sixth.</a></p><div><figure><div id="av-2019-02-05-sotu-rebuttals-EPPM7" style="max-width:100%"><img alt="Data: The American Presidency Project; Chart: Lazaro Gamio, Andrew Witherspoon/Axios" class="axios-visual-newsletter-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2019-02-05-sotu-rebuttals/fallbacks/2019-02-05-sotu-rebuttals-fallback.png" width="1496" height="1595"/><img alt="Data: The American Presidency Project; Chart: Lazaro Gamio, Andrew Witherspoon/Axios" class="axios-visual-apple-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2019-02-05-sotu-rebuttals/fallbacks/2019-02-05-sotu-rebuttals-apple.png" width="752" height="1782"/></div><figcaption>Data: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The American Presidency Project" data-vars-click-url="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union/list" data-vars-content-id="80ea51d7-aeb7-426e-93c9-d9abdd0ce4be" data-vars-headline="Stacey Abrams makes State of the Union history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union/list" target="_blank">The American Presidency Project</a>; Chart: Lazaro Gamio, Andrew Witherspoon/Axios</figcaption></figure></div><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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