Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky announced Friday she’s boycotting the next week’s State of the Union speech, saying the American people had been subjected to a year of “racist, erratic and divisive behavior” from the president.

“I refuse to normalize President Donald Trump and his loathsome language and actions,” she said in a statement.

“With every day that passes, a new tweet, breaking news story, or leaked quote sheds new light on President Trump’s twisted and prejudiced mind,” she said. “I refuse to accept that as the new normal.”

Schakowsky has snubbed Trump before, staying away from his inauguration last year. She said her constituents had spoken loudly and clearly, asking her to “resist” and “boycott” Trump’s first State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

“From calling for an illegal ban of Muslims during the first week of his presidency (and on Holocaust Remembrance Day) and refusing to condemn Nazis and White Supremacists in Charlottesville, to referring to Haiti and African nations as ‘sh*tholes’, President Trump has completely disrespected millions of patriotic Americans and the office of the presidency,” the 10-term lawmaker said.

“Time and time again he has sown division and hatred,” she added. “We can’t treat this as normal. I refuse to sit on the floor of the House of Representatives and politely clap for a man who has demonstrated such clear contempt for so many segments of the American population.”

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Strangely BigFan seemed to make it an issue with Michelle Obama iirc.

But I'm sure that the rest of us agree with you.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Yawn. No sane person gives a flying fuck what that orange piece of shit says.

M'eh.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Aaaapp. Beni posting error...Data updated in above post as I answered incorrect RR post.

Conflicted. If they were truly just sticking to what they believe, I'd be ok with it. Seems like grandstanding.

It's a bad precedent.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

There are times when statesmanship is demanded.

Nobody is under the assumption she agrees with Trump because she attends. However, his presidency was "normalized" the moment he took that oath of office. If you respect the process, you respect the results of that process whether you agree or disagree.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Scalia did it for 20 years. Precedent was already set.

What was he boycotting for 20 years?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Completely agree. This is bigger than Trump's presidency and this type of grandstanding isn't helpful going forward. If your constituents can't understand that they aren't the type of people you want to represent.

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GO BEARS!!!

Prefer they show up and leave once done.

Although, I guess if they desire to publicly show their displeasure with a President's speech then not attending is better than interrupting the speech yelling "You lie"

All those empty seats will make them look childish. Shout out to the members who didn't succumb to the pressure of mostly idiot constituents.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Sometimes it feels like Democrats don't understand that Trump is already historically unpopular. All this does is make it seem like a Republican vs. Democrat thing which can actually backfire.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Its' great howe thes libtard snowflakes are alredy denying that thise is the best state of the onion speech in histoy. Keep crying.

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libtard's personfied:

"You know, I thought Trump was a great President, but then a Senator stayed home rather than attend the State of the Union address, and I now realize that Trump is bad at his job".

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I think this is more about loud idiots who don't like the president pressuring members of Congress to do something that isn't helpful to their representative or the country.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Agreed.

Sometimes you just have to act like an adult.

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Yes, and sometimes you have to do it even when you think others don't (Trump). Eventually, you will look like the better person.

He's wasn't really a repersentative. I understand why the judges often choose not to attend. Both R & D & no matter who is President.

This mult was never very good and keeps getting worse.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I think it loses it's luster when "real" posters are posting the same things.

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This is what happens when the extreme left/Hollywood pushes their agenda and disrupts the force. The extreme right comes out with their own agenda to counter the left and we have a not so epic battle of swinging dicks.

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I thought you meant the Nortorius RBG. Sorry.

Can't decide if I will watch this or Bulls/JailBlazers tonight.

Glad I'm bowling tonight...

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This is printed on official guest tickets. You can't make this stuff up;

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What is the significance of the typo?

That you have enough brain damage to work in the White House.

Typos in important places make people appear dumb and/or lazy. It's not a new development.

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