""He's made a mockery of the State of the Union speech, and he doesn't deserve an audience. He's going to tell 40 different lies, call Democrats names; he's going to paper over his corruption; and I don't feel like what he's doing dignifies having Democrats there to cloak the speech in a veneer of respectability,""
""Trans ally Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is also going to skip the SOTU, as well as out Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who is the mother of a trans child. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Reps. Greg Casar (D-TX) and Delia Ramirez (D-IL) also said they aren't going. Instead, they're planning to attend a separate rally that's being organized by the progressive organization MoveOn and the left-leaning media outlet MeidasTouch.""
Donald Trump's second-term State of the Union is scheduled for Tuesday, February 24. Many Democratic members of Congress plan to boycott the address. Some Democrats frame the boycott as a refusal to normalize a perceived march toward fascism and to avoid being props while presidential actions allegedly shred the Constitution and attack democracy. Critics expect the president to present falsehoods, attack Democrats, and obscure corruption, reducing the speech's dignity. Several Democrats — including Ed Markey, Becca Balint, Pramila Jayapal, Tina Smith, Greg Casar, and Delia Ramirez — will skip the address and instead attend a separate rally organized by MoveOn and MeidasTouch. Opposition-party members typically attend State of the Union speeches.
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