Posted on 03/08/2025 1:11:03 AM PST by John Semmens
This week President Donald Trump gave the longest ever State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people. Some were favorably impressed. Others were not.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tx) did not like it. "All of us elected to offices in the government took an oath to uphold this government. Trump, though, is tearing the government apart--canceling programs, firing employees, and cutting spending. As far as I'm concerned he is an enemy to the United States. He should be impeached, jailed and executed."
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Ca) professed herself "skeptical of Trump's so-called efficiency improvements. He's firing civil servants with decades of experience, but then goes and hires a 13-year-old boy to be on the Secret Service. He pretends to care about parents whose children were raped and murdered by immigrants, but forgets that reminding them of their loss only worsens how they feel. It's best for a person's mental health if such senseless tragedies are forgiven and forgotten as quickly as possible."
Rep. Al Green (D-Tx) took issue with Trump declaring he had a mandate, saying "he don't have no mandate to eject me, an elected member of Congress, for trying to exercise my freedom of speech. I know what it's like to have people disagree with me. A few years back Lucinda Davis accused me of sexual assault. We were both going through a difficult period in our lives at that time, but thanks to a special secret fund set aside by Congress I was able to withdraw $875,000 to pay her to be happy. Now we are great friends. If President Trump were to pay me $875,000 I'd be happy and not go forward with my idea to impeach him for ejecting me from Congress."
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) accused Trump of "blatantly lying about Social Security checks being sent to 157-year-old retirees. No one lives that long. These checks are being mailed to much younger folks who have stolen the Social Security numbers of people who are dead. It's not as if his lies are new. Republicans have been trying to do away with Social Security since FDR created the program. It just hurts me to hear these lies repeated over-and-over. I say let's let the 390 million who paid into the system continue to get their checks without being hassled by Musk and his minions in the bogus Department of Government Efficiency."
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa) called his fellow Democrats complaints and demonstrations against Trump "a sad cavalcade of unhinged petulance that only makes Trump look more presidential and restrained. Too many in our Party are becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays attention to — and it may not be a winning message."
After the speech, a CBS News poll revealed that 76% of those who heard it approved. 91% said Trump spent time on issues they cared about. 74% said the address was presidential and entertaining. 71% said the speech was inspiring. 62% said it was unifying. 46% said it was divisive. When asked how the speech make them feel, 68% said "hopeful," 54% said "proud," 27% said "worried," and 16% said "angry." When asked about Trump's plans for waste in government 77% liked the plans, 23% disliked them. When asked about immigration and the border 77% liked what they heard, 23% didn't. Asked about Ukraine and Russia 73% liked what they heard, 27% didn't. On tariffs 65% liked what they heard, 35% didn't. 68% said Trump described the country's crime problem accurately.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) insisted that this poll "shows the American people are with us in our opposition to Trump. All across the country people are rising up to push back against the assault on the economy, the assault on hardworking families, the assault on our democracy and the assault on Medicaid."
Mark Penn, a former pollster for former President Bill Clinton and former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, says "my data show the Democrat Party's popularity has fallen off a cliff. To the question, who has done or is doing a better job as president, Biden or Trump? Trump is winning that 57% to 35%."
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Duh - it was not a State of the Union speech
Yup 76% is “some”
What’s wrong with the 23,23,16% who had really negative views. They can’t all be USAID recipients. Or can they?
Talk about tragedy. The tragedy is that somehow the morons got into office. The only reason Maxine is not in prison is because she’s black (and ugly).
Why is it satire when I can picture it so clearly?
Thanks, John, for the chuckles and another fine column, the percentage of "semi-satire" vs "actual news" of which could be a fun debate topic.
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