Senator has the perfect response to charge that she fell asleep at the State of the Union

Setting the record straight has never been so satisfying.

During Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow was one of several legislators caught with their eyes closed, leading to suggestions that she'd fallen asleep -- much like Melania Trump's guest Joshua Trump.

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The tweet, from The Atlantic's Edward-Isaac Dovere, was part of a humorous Twitter thread displaying various Democrats' facial expressions in reaction to Trump.

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Except Sen. Stabenow took umbrage with the implication that she was sleeping, and she delivered a perfectly fiery reply.

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Stabenow has sparred with Trump in the past, notably in the fall of 2018 over a bipartisan farm bill, a bill that Trump would eventually sign into law in December 2018.

Her reply comes in the wake of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's response to conservative commentator Peggy Noonan's critique that she looked "sullen" during the speech.

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All in all, a couple of great, righteous responses to unfair criticism that pairs perfectly with Rep. Nancy Pelosi's literal clap back of Trump.

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