"Driving the news: In a meeting of House Democrats' whip team Wednesday morning, Jeffries said there were "two options" for how to approach the State of the Union, according to a senior House Democrat and two other sources familiar with his comments. The first option: Lawmakers can boycott the event, as has been done in recent years for speeches given by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
"The second: They can sit in "silent defiance," which was Democratic leadership's preferred tactic for last year's speech. What we're hearing: There is little chatter in the caucus right now about progressives or any other group disrupting Trump's speech, the senior House Democrat told Axios. Instead, they said, the more resistance-minded lawmakers are expected to skip the event and go to an "alternative viewing site.""
House Democratic leadership outlined two options for approaching the State of the Union. One option is for lawmakers to boycott the event, following recent boycotts of speeches by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The other option is to sit in "silent defiance," a tactic favored by Democratic leadership during last year's speech. A senior House Democrat and other sources indicated there is little discussion about disrupting Trump's speech. Resistance-minded lawmakers are expected to skip the event and attend an alternative viewing site instead.
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