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Several Democrats to boycott Trump's 'pep rally' speech to Congress
Fox News ^ | March 3, 2025 3:18pm EST | Aubrie Spady

Posted on 03/03/2025 3:57:08 PM PST by Olog-hai

Several Democratic members are planning to boycott the first joint congressional address of President Donald Trump’s second term on Tuesday.

Trump will be addressing members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening, but some Democrats are planning to skip the event, including Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who will instead hold a live prebuttal of the speech. […]

Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, will join Murphy for the prebuttal of the speech that will be livestreamed while Trump is speaking.

At least one House Democrat, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., also said that he is going to be skipping the address. …

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1 posted on 03/03/2025 3:57:08 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

We will not miss them.


2 posted on 03/03/2025 3:58:31 PM PST by madison10
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To: Olog-hai

Effem.


3 posted on 03/03/2025 3:58:55 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: Olog-hai

They’re going to give a speech while the President is speaking?


4 posted on 03/03/2025 4:00:43 PM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: know.your.why

The usual juvenile behavior.


5 posted on 03/03/2025 4:00:58 PM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Olog-hai

Winning


6 posted on 03/03/2025 4:01:07 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'm getting tired of the contrarians on FR.)
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To: Olog-hai

Clean air ,LOL


7 posted on 03/03/2025 4:02:41 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Olog-hai

No loss. Democrats lack critical thinking skills and common sense.


8 posted on 03/03/2025 4:03:28 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Olog-hai

Bring a friend.


9 posted on 03/03/2025 4:04:01 PM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t blame them. Trump is crazy successful in his first month.

They would be wetting their pants while crying.

NOT A GOOD PICTURE.


10 posted on 03/03/2025 4:04:19 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Olog-hai

As if anyone is going to watch these narcissists bloviate instead of watching President Trump. He matters to US Voters, they do not.


11 posted on 03/03/2025 4:04:28 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Cobra64
Democrats lack critical thinking skills and common sense.

Boy ain't that the truth. I'll refrain from adding more character defects to the list. There are many.
12 posted on 03/03/2025 4:06:10 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: Olog-hai

Give their seats to real Americans then . . .


13 posted on 03/03/2025 4:07:52 PM PST by MCSETots
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To: Olog-hai

#WINNING


14 posted on 03/03/2025 4:07:59 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: Olog-hai

Why would anyone care?


15 posted on 03/03/2025 4:08:24 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Olog-hai

All the far -left fags are boycotting. Little Chrissy Murphy. Zelenskyyyyyy boyfriend and consultant. Zelenskyyyyyyy screwed
his future by consulting with the fagster, Chrissy Murphy. Maybe Murphy and his Connecticut crowd can send Zelenskyyyyyy some bullets and a pallet load of Benjamins as well as a kazoo to blow at PootyPoohskyyyyyyy.


16 posted on 03/03/2025 4:09:40 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Men who want to compete in women sports are no different than a wife beater in lipstick.)
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To: Olog-hai

Each Congress member can have one invite even if they don’t attend.
Hopefully security is tight and there are no outbursts.


17 posted on 03/03/2025 4:10:06 PM PST by grumpygresh ( Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification.)
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To: madison10

How much will dems not showing up affect us? Not one damn bit.

Were I moronic enough to be a dem, I would be in full 100% SOS mode now. Save Our Swamp. They lose that then it’s game over.


18 posted on 03/03/2025 4:10:13 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: Olog-hai

Well as least Sheila Jackson Lee won’t be there this year.


19 posted on 03/03/2025 4:11:31 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Olog-hai

Why don’t they all boycott?


20 posted on 03/03/2025 4:11:42 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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