I knew I'd get this response and I laughed too. But watching them sit on their hands or Pelosi chewing her dentures as POTUS honored each one and highlighted his accomplishments is also worth the price of admission. Save the tearing for a fast ending - quick picture of an honoree and tearing then the next honoree and tearing etc. would have been something they could not complain about.
Cedar that is a tactical judgment call and you may well be correct. However, I think the strategy was to get the opposition to squeal about it in order that people who didn’t watch the SOTU address might go watch it. So it’s a win.
Perhaps... :)