Some Dems Say They Plan To Boycott Trump’s First State Of The Union Address

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Three Democratic lawmakers announced last week that they will not attend President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address.

“Why would I take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar?” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said on Friday on MSNBC. “I don’t trust him, I don’t appreciate him and I wouldn’t waste my time.”

Waters said Trump is “someone who lies in the face of facts, someone who can change their tune day in and day out.”

“What does he have to say that I would be interested in?” she said. “He does not deserve my attention.”

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said he will skip Trump’s address and work in his home state instead.

“Rather than listening to yet another destructive and divisive speech by Trump, I will not attend this year’s annual address to Congress,” Blumenauer said in a statement.

Blumenauer said he will instead listen “to Oregonians about what they think about the State of the Union” in his home state.

“Hearing from Oregonians and working together to protect our values and advance policies that actually strengthen our communities is a more productive use of my time,” he said.

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) on Friday said he would not attend Trump’s address after Trump allegedly referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries.”

“I cannot in all good conscience be in a room with what he has said about so many Americans,” Lewis said on MSNBC. “I just cannot do it. I wouldn’t be honest with myself.”

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  1. "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." – Elie Wiesel

  2. Avatar for tena tena says:

    I want ALL of the democrats to skip it by god.

    We’ll be taking names, guys and women - you’ll pay a price.

  3. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    These are legitimately tough calls. Do you go? Do you applaud – ever? Do you stand – ever? Do you wear black or blue or some other distinctive-unifying item? How do you honor the nation, the Constitution and your own office and duties without giving the appearance of honoring the dishonorable?

    Whatever they do, I hope they do it with class. Somebody needs to remember the right way to represent the people.

  4. Avatar for tres tres says:

    Hopefully the first of many.

    We need to be making a statement here and do it without being cheap and stupid like Joe “You Lie” Wilson.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    It will be a Fake SOTU from the Fake President.

    A waste of time and energy.

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