Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has famous that he plans to attend President Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening handle earlier than a joint session of Congress.
“Given my obligations within the Home, I plan to attend the speech, together with different members of the Democratic management, to clarify to the nation that there’s a sturdy opposition celebration prepared, prepared and capable of function a test and stability on the excesses of the administration,” Jeffries mentioned in a message to colleagues.
Trump’s speech will come lower than two months into his second presidential time period.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, speaks throughout a information convention on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
“The choice to attend the Joint Session is a private one and we perceive that members will come to totally different conclusions,” Jeffries famous.Â
“Nonetheless, you will need to have a powerful, decided and dignified Democratic presence within the chamber. The Home as an establishment belongs to the American individuals, and as their representatives we won’t be run off the block or bullied,” he continued.
Some Democratic lawmakers have introduced that they may skip the occasion.
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President Donald Trump waits to greet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for a gathering on the White Home on Feb. 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Carl Courtroom – Pool/Getty Photographs)
“The State of the Union is that the President is spitting within the face of the legislation,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., asserted in a Monday submit on X. “He’s letting an unelected billionaire hearth most cancers researchers and wreck federal businesses just like the Social Safety Administration at will. I will not be attending tomorrow’s Joint Tackle.”
Then-Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously ripped up pages of Trump’s speech in 2020 after the president delivered his State of the Union handle.
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“Our focus stays on driving down the excessive value of dwelling for on a regular basis People and pushing again in opposition to the far-right extremism that Republicans have unleashed on the nation,” Jeffries mentioned. “Thanks all to your continued management on behalf of the individuals and in protection of the American lifestyle.”
