Overview
- On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ridiculed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ call for “silent defiance,” calling it “a bold rebrand of doing jack squat.”
- Dozens of Democrats skipped the address while others who attended staged walkouts or displayed signs, with a separate “People’s State of the Union” held on the National Mall.
- Rep. Al Green held a sign reading “Black people aren’t apes” referencing a video shared on Trump’s account and was escorted from the chamber for the second time during a joint address.
- Rep. Norma Torres raised photos of two U.S. citizens killed by immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis as Rep. Ilhan Omar shouted, “You have killed Americans.”
- During the speech, President Trump scolded Democrats for refusing to applaud and said they “should be ashamed,” drawing loud approval from Republicans.