If you thought the Democrats were crazy inside President Donald Trump’s Tuesday State of the Union address, you should have seen what happened with the ones who decided to skip it.
Now, mind you, it was plenty crazy inside the House chambers during Trump’s speech — the longest State of the Union in history, which gave plenty of opportunity for shenanigans.
It got bad enough thatTrump actually called it out:
Trump points at Democrats and says, “these people are crazy. I’m telling you. They’re crazy.” (Note that Pete Hegseth and the rest of the cabinet are standing and cheering.)pic.twitter.com/KKMtzO3idK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar)February 25, 2026
And those people were crazy. But, asThe Wall Street Journalpointed out, that wasn’t even the nuttiest of the nuttiest.
At least roughly 50 Democratic members of the House and Senate plan to forgo the speech, which typically draws most members of the party out of power. Most of the Democrats protesting will appear instead at dueling counterprogramming events in Washington that will feature a range of Trump critics, including a former press secretary for the president and celebrities such as Robert De Niro and Mark Ruffalo.
Those efforts will serve as a test for Democrats to present a unified response ahead of the midterm elections, as the party tries to capitalize on growing voter frustrations with Trump’s immigration crackdown and handling of the economy.
Democrats widely thought lawmakers mishandled the response to Trump’s address to Congress last year, when Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas was removed from the chamber after heckling the president and other Democrats waved paddle-shaped protest signs that were seen as ineffective.
Well,Al Green got kicked out again, and they didn’t necessarily make a better show of themselves outside of the Capitol, either.
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