No Democrat should be attending Trump’s joint address. The idea being pushed by Jeffries that they will push back with guests is dumb. Trump is a tyrant thug and participating in the speech pageantry assists tyranny.
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Jeffries identifies with the GOP and is from the same corrupt NYC machine that helped give us the current GOP House majority. He is not our ally, he is part of the problem -- as is the entire Dem leadership.
100% Also, the entire SOTU show is dumb. Like so much of our hollow puffery and pageantry, its an anachronism we hang on to out of dull habit and narcissism.
Dems should all show up to the Joint Session with LIE buzzers hidden in their clothing. One by one they should sound a buzzer when Trump lies, and get expelled.
Would there be any of them left in the chamber after Liar-In-Chief talks for an hour?!
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The speech itself is pure theater because it’s just going to be an avalanche of lies mixed with vitriol and whining. Like every other speech he’s ever given. It doesn’t matter what he says. We’ve already seen what he’s *doing*.
If they had shown us they are fighters over the last 6 weeks I’d agree completely. But what they’ve shown is that they are absent from the fight. Being absent again only reinforces the negative perception that they are doing nothing. They put themselves in this bind by being utterly ineffective
They should have an alternate address, invite their guests to that one. A counter address. Release it on social media if the damn legacy media refuses to cover it.
These are not normal times, stop acting as if they are.
Exactly this. Attending the speech of a dictator - especially one who spews nothing but lies - is utterly pointless. No one will say “I’m glad my Representative was there.”
Most of them wouldn't consider skipping it. At the end of the day it's an exclusive event that 99.9% of people can't attend, and that makes them feel special and powerful.
This very important point is almost always overlooked. A narcissist cannot suffer being ignored; he needs all eyes to be on him, at all times. Being ignored cuts to the quick. This point was badly missed by the press in both of his election wins.
If democrats don’t show, he will have an audience of adoring sycophants applauding and giving him standing ovations, on live tv. No pushback. Just the theater that his ego desires.
Corporate Dem leadership is happy to assist tyranny. The party continues to creep right because it is led by center-right neolibs content to hand the country to fascists. Resurrecting Cuomo for NYC mayor and seeing Carville and Rahm Emanuel all over the news are bad bad signs.
I was thinking about Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo protests when I wrote this a couple of days ago. TLDR: Every 30 sec, 2 Dem MoC silently walk out. No drama, just 240 exits in an hour. Meet on Capitol steps. https://bsky.app/profile/mbwilliams.bsky.social/post/3ljc4hkx5ts2x
So the Dems think doing performance art that no one at home understands is the way to do it. That's consultant thinking.
My idea still is available: Livestream Dem commentary while he's giving his speech. AOC, Jasmine Crockett and one more. Mystery Political Science Theater 4000.
A tyrant will always bellow how unfair it is to him when a normal person refuses to knuckle under to the supposed authority the tyrant arrogates to himself.
Respectfully disagree. That leaves Trump with an adoring, cheering crowd on tv. DEMS should go and either sit mute OR stand and turn their backs. But, they shouldn’t give him a rally where viewers see “approval”.
if they want strong visuals...not a democrat attending would be a strong one. But attending and they ALL walk away the moment Trump is introduced (as he walks down the aisle ) would be the strongest visual ever because the cameras would be on him and the nation would see the exodus.
I have no respect for Jefferies. He is not a leader, he's a scared chicken. HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN FROM THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION and go hide in his hole
If the Dems are a no show, it will be televised with nothing but applause and standing ovations for all of his comments. It will be exactly the theater tv he lives for, adoring fans sniveling at his feet. The Democrats need to show up, and be obnoxiously loud in opposition.
You can see in his face and just the general way he conducts himself that he is a spineless worm. We’re well past the point where consistent failures like Jeffries are going to be of any help.
If Jeffries is too much of a coward then anyone who isn’t should walk out as an affront to him as well.
I respectfully disagree. We don’t need a room full of people just cheering him on. They need to protest to his face. Stand up and turn your back, boo… do what Republicans have done in the past.
Democratic leadership has had six weeks to show they get it. If they can’t mount an effective opposition after the Oval Office disaster this week, literally nothing will be able to force them to adapt. Trump could nuke Brussels and Jeffries would still say something about bipartisanship.
When he was interviewed on CNN on Friday night he sounded like a college professor mildly irritated that he couldn’t find his spectacles. The moment is being met with a gigantic vacuum from leadership.
To really piss him off, you interfere with the pageantry.
Dems could all dress like Zelenskyy. They could buzz kazoos throughout the speech. Stand up and turn their backs then walk out. My preference would be that they wear clown wigs and noses and continually boo.
Simply not attending deprives Trump of the adulation. Any other idea gives him what he wants, even if it’s a shit show. Remember, Trump is a creature of reality tv. Reality tv doesn’t have to be good, you just need to keep watching.
Jeffries is a coward. All democrats that are serious about this fight need to not attend. Leave Jeffries, Schumer and the other enablers to sit there in embarrassment, exposed for their lack of courage.
Seriously?
He's treating it like the debate where trump planted women who had accused Bill of sexual harassment in the front row?
Or stories during the Democratic response showing fired government workers? That's it??????????
The truth is that you win fights by kicking your opponents in the nuts. You find the thing that hurts them the most and do that. It’s not fancy. It’s not clever. It doesn’t take a smart person to figure out. You won’t look cool doing it. But you’ll be the person left standing.
I think a bit about this presentation I made for the Senate Democrat digital directors back in 2019. I remember "as a joke" it had a fake tweet that had Elizabeth Warren calling for impeachment. It got 1 trillion likes.
The joke was that it was obviously ridiculous because...well I don't know why.
Like somehow the act of her calling for this was so obviously ridiculous that it was funny. Except if you had asked me then I wouldn't have been able to articulate why it was funny other than she obviously wouldn't do it.
Let's not forget that they completely ignored the Mueller report, which had ample evidence of obstruction of justice, and only impeached Trump when he went so far as to try to go after Biden, personally.
I just rechecked the notes of the presentation. I had a few things wrong.
1) It was my boss, not Warren, calling for impeachment. Warren was another slide.
2) The notes section say it was ridiculous because we had to wait for evidence of the House hearings before calling for impeachment lmao.
I had forgotten about this part of the first impeachment saga, it was hilarious. We were explicitly told we should not suggest he was innocent or guilty in any messages to show we are serious about our oath.
The second trial, that was thrown out the window because everyone wanted him impeached.
Any action against the regime, however harmless, that requires the cooperation of congressional Democrats is simply not going to happen. People should stop holding out hope in that direction and move on.
Go and yell and bait the Convicted Felon - who’ll go off-script. Easier to make total choas and spectacle of this than any no-show. No-show will just be flipped as both disrespectful and cowardly. Sitting in silence will be “cowardly” too. Only attending & talking back shows balls.
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After this, no Democrat should attend. Do not give him oxygen.
Would there be any of them left in the chamber after Liar-In-Chief talks for an hour?!
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Can we switch Hakeem Jeffries with the manager of the nearest Waffle House?
These are not normal times, stop acting as if they are.
My idea still is available: Livestream Dem commentary while he's giving his speech. AOC, Jasmine Crockett and one more. Mystery Political Science Theater 4000.
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It will be all propaganda bullshit.
They need to boycott.
"Pushing back with guests" is weaker than when Alito verbally accused Obama of lying during the SOTU. Everything they do broadcasts weakness.
That collective action can be powerful.
Hopefully it will inspire similar actions by ordinary citizens.
Why, why, why would you subject your constituents to any more democratic ineptitude and embarrassment @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?
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If Jeffries is too much of a coward then anyone who isn’t should walk out as an affront to him as well.
Standing up in not apologizing.
It's on the people to take action
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Dems could all dress like Zelenskyy. They could buzz kazoos throughout the speech. Stand up and turn their backs then walk out. My preference would be that they wear clown wigs and noses and continually boo.
He wants adulation. Deny him
Attendance is the equivalent of bending the knee.
#nokings #congress #resist #fuckTrump
Maybe there are some more minorities they can throw under the bus, for concessions... ?
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#PlightOfTheNeoLibs
He's treating it like the debate where trump planted women who had accused Bill of sexual harassment in the front row?
Or stories during the Democratic response showing fired government workers? That's it??????????
The joke was that it was obviously ridiculous because...well I don't know why.
1) It was my boss, not Warren, calling for impeachment. Warren was another slide.
2) The notes section say it was ridiculous because we had to wait for evidence of the House hearings before calling for impeachment lmao.
The second trial, that was thrown out the window because everyone wanted him impeached.