From The Hill: House Democrats are plotting a range of moves to broadcast their defiance of President Trump during his State of the Union address to Congress next week.
Trump’s speech marks a significant flash point amid a Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with the White House and Democrats locked in an impasse over reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection after immigration agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.
While some Democrats are making a quieter stand by skipping the high-profile event, others are prepared to walk out midspeech and bring guests to underscore their arguments about the real-world impact of Trump’s policies.
“The only question for me is which of his disgusting lines prompts me to get up and leave, because at some point I will,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) told The Hill via text message that he’s “thinking” about protesting during Trump’s speech, though he didn’t share specifics on what exactly he’ll do.
Multiple Democrats have indicated they do not plan to attend Trump’s State of the Union speech, including Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), and Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) reportedly told Democrat lawmakers in a closed-door meeting last week to either attend the State of the Union in “silent defiance” or skip the event altogether.
President Trump’s State of the Union address is scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, at 9:00 p.m. ET.
REPORTER: “Will you give your State of the Union speech if we’re still in a shutdown next week?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Well, I think I would. Yeah. Wouldn’t bother me. I would give it, yeah.” pic.twitter.com/hjabgrMPaX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 17, 2026
READ MORE from The Hill.
Follow us on X (Formerly Twitter.)
The DML News App: www.X.com/DMLNewsApp
The Dennis Michael Lynch Podcast archive is available below, with the most recent on top. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the show by downloading The DML News App or go to Apple Podcasts.
