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Chasstev365

(8,011 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:01 PM Jan 2026

ALL DEMOCRATS MUST BOYCOTT THE UNCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

Do not be seen sitting silently in the Reichstag, as Republicans cheer the American Fuhrer!

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ALL DEMOCRATS MUST BOYCOTT THE UNCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (Original Post) Chasstev365 Jan 2026 OP
You funny. senseandsensibility Jan 2026 #1
Been boycotting his voice since before 2016. ismnotwasm Jan 2026 #2
I don't see it that way. pwb Jan 2026 #3
Yeah maybe they should sit there and laugh at him? chicoescuela Jan 2026 #5
I don't get the joke orangecrush Jan 2026 #12
Laughing at him is what he hates most. My post was about him not a joke. pwb Jan 2026 #23
I see your point. orangecrush Jan 2026 #25
There is precedent Wednesdays Jan 2026 #41
Trump will love that SocialDemocrat61 Jan 2026 #4
Decorum in America is gone... MiHale Jan 2026 #6
I agree MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #20
This! Emile Jan 2026 #40
Perhaps a "Quiet Piggy" JBTaurus83 Jan 2026 #30
Give him the Boebert/ Greene Treatment. Conjuay Jan 2026 #42
Why sit there like docile captives and listen to his lies and insults? dalton99a Jan 2026 #7
This orangecrush Jan 2026 #13
Nah BeyondGeography Jan 2026 #8
Show up Traildogbob Jan 2026 #9
I like it. Ritabert Jan 2026 #10
Hmmm....Creative, and Fierce. It may be a good idea. electric_blue68 Jan 2026 #17
Are you asking for courage? usonian Jan 2026 #11
Go and stand with their backs to the nasty pig. Vinca Jan 2026 #14
They get paid to listen to this shit. Turbineguy Jan 2026 #15
Please no show Dems Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #16
Can't stand 5 minutes of listening to that asshole... Wounded Bear Jan 2026 #18
They should get up and walk out in the middle, Delta House style! Initech Jan 2026 #19
They could heckle him until he completely has a melt down Buckeyeblue Jan 2026 #21
Are they allowed to bring in signs? Tree Lady Jan 2026 #22
They did signs once. orangecrush Jan 2026 #27
I am going to assume... jmowreader Jan 2026 #24
The State of the Union is MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY Blue Owl Jan 2026 #26
Take a cue from Rep. Al Green. Permanut Jan 2026 #28
I try to avoid all speeches by trump LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2026 #29
Walk out when he starts lying, and justifying the ICE murders. lostincalifornia Jan 2026 #31
I vote for constant heckling, booing, hissing LuvLoogie Jan 2026 #32
Then wouldn't Republicans "control the narrative," all coverage about them? betsuni Jan 2026 #33
Don't sit silently sarisataka Jan 2026 #34
They would just put MAGA supporters in Dem seats. Trump would never speak to an empty room. Wanderlust988 Jan 2026 #35
Democrats came off really bad last year Raine Jan 2026 #36
They need to hold their own State of the Union address at the same time. Blue Full Moon Jan 2026 #37
THIS. This is the way to go. Everyone knows there will be nothing to be learned from Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #38
I will watch Seth Meyer Johonny Jan 2026 #39

senseandsensibility

(25,373 posts)
1. You funny.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:12 PM
Jan 2026

That would be rude. I called my DEMOCRATIC rep last year at this time to encourage her to boycott, and the person who answered acted like they had never heard of such a thing.

ismnotwasm

(42,674 posts)
2. Been boycotting his voice since before 2016.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:14 PM
Jan 2026

Completely repulsive man. If he’s on I leave the room or wear headphones or whatever. Nothing he says is true in any meaningful way.

pwb

(12,786 posts)
3. I don't see it that way.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:14 PM
Jan 2026

They should listen to every word he says. These are busy people who don't sit in front of a t v and hear all of trumps wrongs and lies. Trump hates to be laughed at and they can't laugh at him if they are not there.

orangecrush

(30,782 posts)
12. I don't get the joke
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:05 PM
Jan 2026


And I see nothing to laugh about.

There is nothing funny about what he has done.

pwb

(12,786 posts)
23. Laughing at him is what he hates most. My post was about him not a joke.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:20 PM
Jan 2026

You do know that he speaks of things he wants to do in the future? Laugh...

I don't see how you call a laugh a joke? One can laugh with someone or AT someone. Big difference.

Every empty seat would embolden trump even more. He would sense fear. I am not fearful I am angry.

orangecrush

(30,782 posts)
25. I see your point.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:21 AM
Jan 2026

Seeing civil disobedience from congressional Democrats would be incredible

They have done it before.

MiHale

(13,120 posts)
6. Decorum in America is gone...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:19 PM
Jan 2026

Democrats should loudly heckle the Piggy. Chants of release the Epstein files…ICE out!…call out every lie…You Lie!…interrupt him unceasingly… fight like they do, make it dirty, embarrassing. Drive Piggy up a wall…make him crack with rage.
Yell at the complacent republicans about their integrity…why they still back a predator…scream Impeachment Him often and loudly. Get thrown out …make a righteous scene. Block out applause with jeers.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,696 posts)
20. I agree
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:08 PM
Jan 2026

Democrats should not forfeit the SOTU.

Chant "Epstein!" "Epstein!" over and over, drown him out. Hold up signs with the pics of the two of them together. Roll the tape of them oogling NFL cheerleaders like the perverts and sex offenders they are/were. Make noise!

The Dems not showing up makes the SOTU another Piggy rally.

BeyondGeography

(41,183 posts)
8. Nah
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:24 PM
Jan 2026

Boo his ass. Even better, laugh at his bullshit. Give him a hard time and show everyone what a baby he is.

Traildogbob

(13,126 posts)
9. Show up
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:29 PM
Jan 2026

And every damn one have a red stained Kotex taped to their ear.
Not a word needs said. Just watch all the GQP and the 2 clowns with Daddy up front and center lose their fucking shit. Daddy will get so pissed he has no idea what to say, hopefully stroke on air for us all to laugh at. While Moses and Vance fight over who gets to do mouth to chin anus CPR to revive the blob.
As they fight each other, they are too late and he does not make it. Turn as blue as his hands. A sign of the Blue tsunami coming.
Sorry, if this breaks WOKE rules. The murders have pushed me over the edge.

Wounded Bear

(64,507 posts)
18. Can't stand 5 minutes of listening to that asshole...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 05:32 PM
Jan 2026

No way I sit through a 2 hour monologue.

Tree Lady

(13,364 posts)
22. Are they allowed to bring in signs?
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:13 PM
Jan 2026

They could bring in a few signs that make up a sentence and all raise them at same time when they say something crazy. I think that would give them more attention.

jmowreader

(53,320 posts)
24. I am going to assume...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:14 PM
Jan 2026

...that having US Marshals present to take the orange menace into custody pending transfer to the International Criminal Court (or, alternately, just throwing him in a dungeon without trial) during the speech wouldn't be allowable.

LuvLoogie

(8,870 posts)
32. I vote for constant heckling, booing, hissing
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:44 AM
Jan 2026

Shouts of "bullshit" "liar"

Call him "wing man". Epstein 's scrub.

betsuni

(29,206 posts)
33. Then wouldn't Republicans "control the narrative," all coverage about them?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:55 AM
Jan 2026

I thought that was bad.

Wanderlust988

(796 posts)
35. They would just put MAGA supporters in Dem seats. Trump would never speak to an empty room.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 03:31 AM
Jan 2026

It'll end up backfiring on us.

Raine

(31,221 posts)
36. Democrats came off really bad last year
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:29 AM
Jan 2026

when then sat on their hands and wouldn't applaud a little kid with cancer and other Americans invited to the speech.

Scrivener7

(59,963 posts)
38. THIS. This is the way to go. Everyone knows there will be nothing to be learned from
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:19 AM
Jan 2026

Cankles's speech. But if Democrats do a competing speech that tells the truth and tells the desperate nation things that each of us can do, individually and collectively to fight this, that would be meaningful. A speech that tells us that we are being heard and there is an actual plan in place, and there are creative minds working on this.

And they should do some big ask of us while they're at it. People want to act. We want to act in a coordinated and powerful and effective way. That would be the perfect place to initiate a mass movement.

And give a state of the Epstein files while they're at it.

Johonny

(26,449 posts)
39. I will watch Seth Meyer
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 10:45 AM
Jan 2026

Make fun of it the day after, or/and Tim Miller's reaction. I can't stand to listen to the man lie. It's embarrassing. He has no shame or respect for me.

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