A growing number of Democrats are trying to divert attention away from President Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union address on Tuesday through their absences amid a limited set of options for peaceably voicing their displeasure with the administration.<\/p>\n
A number of Democrats will instead attend the “People’s State of the Union” event held near the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n
The event, described as a rally, is organized by MeidasTouch and MoveOn Civic Action, a pair of left-leaning media and activist groups, and will focus on criticisms of Trump\u2019s first year back in office.<\/p>\n
The event will draw senators like Ed Markey, D-Mass., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Tina Smith, D-Minn.,<\/p>\n
LIZ PEEK: INFLATION, IMMIGRATION AND TRUMP\u2019S STATE OF THE UNION MOMENT OF TRUTH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n On the House side, Democrats attending<\/a> will include Reps. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., Becca Balint, D-Vt., Greg Casar, D-Texas, Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., John Larson, D-Conn., Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Emily Randall, D-Wash., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.<\/p>\n A smaller group of Democrats has announced that they will be skipping the State of the Union but will not be attending the counter event.<\/p>\n Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, for instance, have made plans to stay<\/a> at home.<\/p>\n DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS INTO WEEK TWO AS IRAN THREAT, SOTU CLASH COMPLICATE HILL TALKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The event comes as Democrats in the past have struggled to tactfully voice opposition to the State of the Union.<\/p>\n Last year, Democrat leadership<\/a> had hoped to avoid drawing controversy but were unable to restrain members of their party from interrupting the address and creating made-for-TV moments.<\/p>\n Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, interrupted Trump\u2019s State of the Union in 2025 by standing, waving his gold-studded cane and yelling at the president.<\/p>\n HOW TO WATCH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 2026 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO CONGRESS LIVE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a>, R-La., shortly directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove Green from the floor after he refused to peaceably stand down.<\/p>\n Green did not respond to a request for comment on whether he plans to attend or disrupt Trump\u2019s address on Tuesday but announced in a press release that he would not be joining interviews with other lawmakers after Trump\u2019s address in one of the nearby office buildings.<\/p>\n “I will continue this peaceful protest,”<\/a> Green said.<\/p>\n This year, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has asked members of his caucus to approach the State of the Union along two lines.<\/p>\n “The two options that are in front of us [are] to either attend with silent defiance or not to attend and send a message to Donald Trump in that fashion,” Jeffries said at a press conference last week.<\/p>\n Jeffries himself has said he will attend the State of the Union alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,<\/a> D-N.Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A growing number of Democrats are trying to divert attention away from President Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union address on Tuesday through their absences amid a limited set of options for peaceably voicing their displeasure with the administration. A number of Democrats will instead attend the “People’s State of the Union” event held near … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}