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A left -wing political party Democratic California Rep. Lateeuwah Simon, an old friend and mentee of former vice -president Kamala Harris, to give her reaction to President Donald Trump on Tuesday at the congress.
“I am honored to speak on behalf of the Working Families,” Simon said in a statement last week. “We need a government that is run by and for working people, not for billionaires – and that is what the WFP is fighting for. When I see what is happening in our country, it is essential that we – as members of the congress – show up for our communities and people that it doesn’t have to be that way.”
The Working Families Party, a small left -wing political party, has rep. Ayanna presley, former rep. Jamaal Bowman, and rep. Rashida Tlaib pronounced her response to the joint address of a president in previous years.
Lateeefah Simon attends the red carpet for the sneak preview of “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power” in Grand Lake Theater on 2 August 2021, in Oakland, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Simon is a first -year congressman who represents California who has shared a long friendship with former Democratic President of 2024 Nominated Kamala Harris. She spoke with NPR prior to the November last year elections, which described that she and Harris met for the first time in the early 2000s when Harris worked in the San Francisco City Attorney office.
“I really believed in her. The young women with whom I cooperated believed in her. But never in a million years I thought I would work for her,” Simon said NPR back in August.
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She said that Harris had encouraged her to obtain a university diploma, asked her to join her team when she was San Francisco District Attorney, received her career advice and even officer during her wedding ceremony.
Rep. Lateeefah Simon (D-CA) speaks while congress democrats and CFPB employees hold a meeting to protest against the closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the work-of-home order published by CFPB Director Russell Bonden outside his head office on 10 February 2025, in Washington, in Washington, in Washington Veadon) (Getty Images)
Simon remembered that when Harris offered her a job in the DA’s office, she said: “You can wear this Bullhorn on your back for the rest of your life, and demands that chosen officials for you and the young people you care about, or you can become part of my team, and we can actually deconstrate some of these unevenness.”
Simon continued to strengthen her status as a lawyer for social justice in California over the years, including the mid-the-police movement of 2020. while he served as chairman of the board of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System in 2020, she argued for “relaxing and abolishing” police standards for public transport in favor of unarmed ambassadors.
Fox News Digital also reported earlier that Simon had a more than decade -long friendship with a CEO of a Front Group of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including the manager on X.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, Right, with Bart board member Lateeuwah Simon on Tuesday 5 March 2024. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Simon won her election to serve in November as the 12th congress district representative of California, in which he the reins of the former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee Nam and has since been identified as a “rising star” in the democratic party by liberal media.
Harris officered Simon’s Congressional Seed-in ceremony in January, when Simon praised her “mentor” as a crucial influence in her career.
“I am so honored to have my mentor and former boss, vice -president Kamala Harris,” said Simon on January 7. “Since our time together in the office of the public prosecutor in San Francisco, the Vice President has played an integral role in shaping my public service career and I learned so much from her.
“She has also cleared the way for women throughout the country like me who strive to serve their country at the highest level. It was a special moment to stand with her today, to look at her and start my journey as the California’s 12th district.”
Former Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the President Price on stage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena Civic Auditorium on 22 February 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Bet) (Getty Images)
Trump is set to tackle Congress at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, his first joint address since his return to the Oval Office in January. The speech – which is not officially called a speech “State of the Union”, since Trump has not been in office last year – comes only a few days after a fiery meeting between Trump and Ukraine president Volodyymyr Zenskyy in the midst of the constant war between Russia and Ukraine.
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The Democratic Party Will also hold a response speech for Trump, where he speaks on Tuesday evening with voters with voters with voters, on the task of Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin.
Andrew Mark Miller from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
