All the "Don't show up" folks need to think harder about what that will look like on TV: Trump. Beaming behind him, Vance and Johnson. In the room, wall-to-wall GOP toadies. That is not a win for Dems, nor is some "alternative SOTU" gimmick that won't be on TV. The answer isn't always "Unsubscribe."
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Mark Harris
A lot of people seem to think that a half-empty room would be incredibly dramatic. It would not be. Trump would give his speech to endless applause while Democrats sit at home hoping that cameras occasionally cut to empty chairs, which are not of dramatic interest. To fight, you have to show up.
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You. Don’t. Run. From. A. Bully.
We elected them to represent us, which means showing up & looking the opposition in the face & telling them with your presence alone that you’re not scared and will not be broken or back down.
No democrats should have been at his inauguration
Nor should they be at sotu
They can protest out in front of the building
No matter what it's going to look like as you described on tv.
sorry for the crankiness, it's been a weird long day watching the end of our democratic republic happen in real time