As Trump entered the chamber, Green held up a sign reading 'BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT APES!' and remained standing as Trump began his speech. Numerous Republican lawmakers walked over to Green to confront him verbally, with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) attempting to snatch the sign out of his hand.
Rather than listen to Donald Trump lie to the American people, I will be hearing from the people of my district," Clark said in a statement ahead of the speech. By the numbers: Axios counted 20 Senate Democrats and just under 110 House Democrats in the chamber at the start of Trump's speech. That is roughly half of each party's chamber Democratic caucus.
CNN anchor and senior White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) called out numerous gaffes and falsehoods from President Donald Trump's jaw-dropping address to the 2026 Davos World Economic Forum. Newsom was in the audience when Trump delivered a lengthy and rambling speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. The president spoke for well over an hour, dropping a familiar mixture of falsehoods, exaggerations, attacks on allies and enemies alike, and wild asides.
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Thune joined Sandra Smith and John Roberts on America Reports on Tuesday to react to President Donald Trump's fiery address to the UN General Assembly in New York City that morning. While speaking with Smith about the United States' indispensable role in the UN, Thune had an audio issue, at one point telling Smith or someone else that he was back.