Democrats’ behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing (premium, insurance)
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How does this make the "GOP worse"? This is partly why they were elected....to reverse course. Politics in this country are usually on a pendulum, and in this case, the results showed that voters disagreed with the current swing. "Elections have consequences..."
This is exactly right. And don't forget Rep. Guitierrez walking out during the chants of "USA, USA".
And playing Candy Crush? This is an insult to every single taxpayer. We pay these people. This is their JOB.
Exactly WRONG.
If you treat US politics as a winner take all zero sum game, you get where we are today.
The winners (either side) can't just deny that about 50% of the population's concerns and views should be ignored because their choice in the election did not win.
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Originally Posted by Retroit
I have no problem with Congressmembers not applauding for policy issues they disagree with. The Republicans do this when Democratic presidents speak. But much of what Trump said was pretty generically patriotic. To not applaud for those things only makes you look bad. I’m guessing that Democrats were given orders not to applaud for anything, and they took it literally.
What's really sadder is that, when Trump recognized Steve Scalise and how he is alive and kicking after nearly dying from a gunshot wound last fall, Democrats did not stand and applaud for him, either. They could not stand or applaud. They could not rejoice that Scalise is alive! This definitely is very disturbing, and shows that Dems really are heartless and cruel. It gives the impression that they'd rather have Scalise dead (which, astonishingly, was the sentiment of one Nebraska Democrat). Their actions for this one thing are just unforgivable.
From the Washington Post:
The Dems and their hand-puppets in the media have the volume of their racial animus and name calling turned up absolutely full blast. There is no way to make it louder. They are mad, yes very mad. They were glowering and pouting during the SOTU to make their point. They did not stand up to clap even news of low unemployment among minorities or the suggestion of a huge infrastructure bill, because they want everyone to know how angry and how offended they are.
Of course they are also hurling racial epithets indiscriminately and in an incredibly irresponsible manner, as is their standard practice, which some people who are not generally not all that interested in politics are seeing for the first time in connection with the aftermath of this SOTU speech.
It isn't working and they know it. The race card playing is being almost entirely ignored and nobody except the most unhinged leftist wingnuts are putting any stock in it. The anger is coming across for exactly what it is, the acting out of a large group of petulant children.
This is a very bad look for the Democrats.
Seriously, this speech is when Donald Trump was accepted as president by all but the most marginal opponents of Donald Trump. It is also the moment when the Democrat left discredited themselves with their shark-jumping display of excessive contempt for President Trump.
For reference purposes so we can look back on this moment later, this is when it happened. This was when Trump was legitimized as the President of the United States, with a big assist from the Dems and their petulant conduct on worldwide television.
If you treat US politics as a winner take all zero sum game, you get where we are today.
The winners (either side) can't just deny that about 50% of the population's concerns and views should be ignored because their choice in the election did not win.
Remind me again, who was it that said "Elections have consequences"?
Oh, that's right! Obama.
Obama's full statement : "Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.”
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