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LonePirate

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3. I'm undecided about these SOTU boycotts.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jan 15, 2018, 09:52 PM

Jan 2018

I fully understand the reasoning behind Dems who want to boycott that POS. At the same time, if the boycott grows, Repubs will fill those empty seats with cheering sycophants which will give the impression that him and his speech are well received by everyone in the chamber. If almost all House and Senate Dems do attend, there will be a sizable bloc of people sitting and maybe booing/catcalling to demonstrate how hated and his policies are.

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Fifth Dem announces plan to boycott Trump's State of the Union [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 OP

good... Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

Patriots, all. Raster Jan 2018 #2

I'm undecided about these SOTU boycotts. LonePirate Jan 2018 #3

Not to be contrary, but absence in this case beats booing/catcalling erronis Jan 2018 #4

If the speech weren't televised on every channel, I would agree. LonePirate Jan 2018 #5

OK - I forgot how the cameras could be trained on only the selected seats erronis Jan 2018 #6