Yes yes yes

with their voters in their respective districts, on SOTU night.
And then contrast that, with the Lying Fascist Poop Trump will be
slinging, only to White Old Man Republicans, on TV!!
It would make a great split-screen!!

And they need to be high profile.

Schumer, Durbin, Klobuchar and Booker can attend as representatives of the Senate.

Jeffries and Clark can attend to Represent the House.

all the while lying and making up shit. Once that happens Democrats should walk out. Fetterman and maybe a few house democrats will not.

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Dems should all attend but they should all wear masks like the ICE thugs.

at the first lie or insult, they pull down the outer mask to reveal one that reads “Quiet, piggy!”

To recreate Pelosi's gesture of contempt?

Literally listening to the equivalent of a petulant toddler, lying and shitting himself for however long he feels is necessary. Blathering endlessly about nothing of fact, devoid of any reality. All the while every piece of shit republican in attendance falls over themselves with ovation after ovation.

The entire show is pathetic. Vince McMahon would be in awe.

Don’t accept the abuse.

If there are no democrats there, republicans will fill the chamber. There is nothing Trump would like more than to have an audience that applauds and cheers everything he says.

But it will just feed Trump’s ego and most casual viewers will think democrats are applauding him too. Maybe democrats should attend but sit with their backs to Trump.

How does that work?

Pretty sure it's a reserved seat gig.

of congress is allowed on the floor of there is room.

Can't stand looking at him or listening to him.

Laughter might be appropriate too.

HELL YES!!!

and the nation doesn't collapse.

Sustained, repeated booing and chants of "BS" are entirely appropriate and would be aggressive resistance, not the passive aggression of a boycott.

Rent the Kennedy Center and have all Democrats there - give the response speech from there, and have some of the acts that have backed out of their concerts there perform between speeches.
And televise it, opening the auditorium to a free concert,,,,

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I know that I will NOT be watching this speech. I cannot stand listening to trump for even a short period of time

It would be nice to see a BOLD statement from the entire party, not just the outliers.

Shout "Lie!" every time he does.

Shout "What about the Epstein files?"

Shout "One million!"

Just one question: what's the "One million!" about?

a million times in the files

...with their faces redacted.

Thus illustrating an obligation for the institution while simultaneously derision for the wee man.

People need to remember that whatever the Dems do this time the Rethugs will respond in kind to the next Dem president who addresses congress. I know, nobody cares.

Holding pictures of Epstein victims.

I would truly like to see something that makes an unmistakable statement.

advent and full throated impementation of secret police with a budget larger than USMC????

Maybe he’ll get so enraged that he’ll have a stroke.

It could be like a basketball game. Instead of "Air ball, Airball" it should be "Ep-Stein, Ep-Stein" at key points during the speech.

I'm boycotting it. Can't stand the sound of his voice.

but I am not watching it. I can't stand seeing him or hearing his voice.

I don't like the idea of catcalls and heckling. Not a good look.

To get people to watch. I will not be watching.

one-by-one ignore him and walk very slowly out. No shouting, no threats, no gestures. Just a dignified display of contempt for the lunatic on stage.

If they’re going to boycott or have an organized response, they should show a unified front. We don’t need to see or hear ‘Dems in disarray’. Same if they decide to show up but walk out.

I understand the gravitas of the SOTU, but if Democrats decide to make a gesture of protest, it should be a bold one. Something that will result in comments like ‘Democrats showed a courageous display of unity at the SOTU’, not ‘Democrats weak response was juvenile and pathetic’.

No matter what, Fetterman will shit on whatever we do

And shake them in front of his fucking pedophile, fat face.

And each should have a picture of an Epstein victim that they will hold up through the speech.

Force him to overreact and take him off his prepared script… live TV.

Blow the fuse. Maybe he strokes out.

If you stay home, your message stays home with you.

moves either. No going but then walking out, no wearing special protest clothes and then walking out, no mooning him (though I do like that suggestion best!)

He is not worth the effort. Democrats should not grace his nonsense with an audience.

Instead, they should have an alternate SOTU where they tell the truth. There's a lot of emotion to what republicans are doing to people. Have someone make a speech that highlights 20 real Americans and the hell they are in right now. Epstein victims, family members of those murdered or kidnapped by ICE, people who are out of a job, people who can't afford groceries, women who can't get medical care and have a pregnancy nightmare story.

And the speech should connect the dots to show how that hell is viral and coming to us all in one way or another.

If Democrats surrender the SOTU to the MAGAts, it will turn into a Piggy/MAGAt rally.

Cowards run away.

What is the down side? Poll after poll after poll shows that the Dem base wants more action and less business as usual. If our side still worries that it will look bad or "set a precedent" or whatever nonsense they are living in a dream world. I was all for them boycotting the first speech a year ago, but my Dem congresswoman was not open to the idea at all. It seems that they have learned nothing in a year. Sorry, but I assume that there is no chance of this happening, although I would love to be proven wrong.

...and throw tomatoes at him.

Sure, some will not attend, but there is zero chance of most boycotting. Besides, it would accomplish nothing. Why people here think it would be this great thing, I'll never understand. 98% of the population couldn't care less.

I can’t believe the MSM keeps hiding these concrete numbers from us. I believe there is a vanishingly small but non zero chance most will do this. I see “zero chance” bandied about too casually for my tastes. The only rhetorical reason I can see to assign zero probability to an idea that has a non zero chance of occurring is to make person considering it feel foolish.
I’ll also remember that it is pointless to ask any questions that are not likely to happen. No more thought experiments? Sometimes entertaining possible but improbable scenarios (I forgot here we have an impossible scenario) can give us insights into our thoughts and understanding of a matter. I see no issue with discussing this matter every year as one year there may be a non zero chance of a boycott and then I hope our opinions mights matter. I’m not even sure I disagree with your assessment, but I’d like to be able to consider it without being told that one position is so beyond reason it would be folly to consider the question. Your knowledge and understanding is valuable here, so I’m disappointed when I feel you could make your point less dismissively.

Boycott?
Heck no. Shut that flapping rectum face down.

Every time he says a lie hold up hundreds of signs saying liar, maybe even criminal.

In this universe maybe they could all wear hearing protection because everything Trump says is shit.

Personally, Trump's voice makes my skin crawl. I avoid all media where I might hear it.


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We're supposed to be polite?

He is a piece of shit.

(I like the idea of shouting "Liar" or "Murderer" or "Pedophile" or whatever phrase fits)

as a saddam hussien level example of his authority.

I thought that was bad. Or to people who don't pay attention to politics, evidence that it's Democrats who refuse to work with Republicans, that both sides are extreme.

The difference between the parties is startling, clearly good vs evil like in a movie. Show the American people. Maybe a few will be watching.

Democrats should have a big boozy dance party after to purify themselves.

Some of Epstein's victims are planning to be in attendance so any actions along those lines should be respectful of them. Personally, I prefer the attend and walk out plan. But I would arrange it so that one person left at a time, about one every 10 seconds and in order by where they are sitting.

As for myself, I would be watching except I plan on being busy watching paint dry.

and simply stare at him. No clapping no standing. Just stare at him stone faced. The files will be playing in his mind like a violin.

Hopefully, whoever had the brilliant idea of using the little signs last year has been sent to the corner with a conical cap. We need to get the House, and it's not in the bag. Elissa Slotkin gave an excellent response to the SOTU last year. Let's hope we follow that up with more like it, not the silly stuff.