Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has famous that he plans to attend President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night time deal with earlier than a joint session of Congress.
“Given my responsibilities in the House, I plan to attend the speech, along with other members of the Democratic leadership, to make clear to the nation that there is a strong opposition party ready, willing and able to serve as a check and balance on the excesses of the administration,” Jeffries stated in a message to colleagues.
Trump’s speech will come lower than two months into his second presidential time period.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, speaks throughout a information convention on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
“The decision to attend the Joint Session is a personal one and we understand that members will come to different conclusions,” Jeffries famous.
“However, it is important to have a strong, determined and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber. The House as an institution belongs to the American people, and as their representatives we will not be run off the block or bullied,” he continued.
Some Democratic lawmakers have introduced that they may skip the occasion.
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President Donald Trump waits to greet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for a gathering on the White Home on Feb. 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Carl Courtroom – Pool/Getty Photographs)
“The State of the Union is that the President is spitting in the face of the law,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., asserted in a Monday publish on X. “He is letting an unelected billionaire fire cancer researchers and wreck federal agencies like the Social Security Administration at will. I won’t be attending tomorrow’s Joint Address.”
Then-Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously ripped up pages of Trump’s speech in 2020 after the president delivered his State of the Union deal with.
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“Our focus remains on driving down the high cost of living for everyday Americans and pushing back against the far-right extremism that Republicans have unleashed on the country,” Jeffries stated. “Thank you all for your continued leadership on behalf of the people and in defense of the American way of life.”
