Wait, seriously? Is this really who Chuck Schumer wants to deliver Dems' SOTU response?

Now that the State of the Union Address is back on (for now, anyway), that means the Democratic response is back on, too. And according to Chris Hayes’ “reliable source,” Dems have picked a real peach to deliver it:

?NEWS?

A reliable source tells me that Chuck Schumer called STACEY ABRAMS three weeks ago to ask her to deliver the Democratic response to the State of the Union.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 29, 2019

Libs are legit thrilled at the prospect of Stacey Abrams getting a national platform from which to whine about stuff:

If it's what you say it is, I love it.

— Candi Mathis (@CandiMathis) January 29, 2019

Yes, please

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 29, 2019

If he did, @SenSchumer hit it out of the ballpark with @staceyabrams ?? #LetsGetIt

— I Am Roman-Joy (@RomanJoySays) January 29, 2019

She is a great speaker

— CryptoAZ (@CryptoAZ4) January 29, 2019

That’s great

— jeanne fisher (@jeannefisher17) January 29, 2019

THAT IS A PHENOMENAL CHOICE.

— Chad in a ? (@RevDJEsq) January 29, 2019

AMAZING CHOICE!!!

— ?☎️CONGRESS (202) 224-3121 (@juliabhaber) January 29, 2019

This is the best news I've heard today

— SnowyDroplet????????????? (@snowydroplet) January 29, 2019

If that’s true, you need to get out more. Because Stacey Abrams is a joke. Hopefully this business about her delivering the Dems’ response is a joke, too.

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— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) January 29, 2019

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.

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Update:

Oh, lawdy. It’s really happening:

Sen. Schumer confirms what @chrislhayes reported first: @staceyabrams will give Dem response to State of the Union

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) January 29, 2019

Sigh.

Hard to botch a response from a star in your party if they already lost their election I guess. Nothing to lose. https://t.co/UYR1hlvNXV

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 29, 2019

Good point.

In any event, gird your loins … and stock up on booze.

I look forward to not watching that, either. https://t.co/D3pBlf2hmb

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 29, 2019