Nancy Pelosi bravely ripped up a speech that she gifted President Trump a platform to deliver
The State of the Union is a mostly useless affair in modern politics. Even Trump, who’s usually at his happiest when he’s ranting in front of a captive crowd for over an hour, is often more subdued on the occasion, for once actually sticking to a pre-written script.
This year, even after the House had literally impeached the President, there was never any question of whether Trump would give the speech. After all, this is the norm, and Pelosi’s Democratic party is one that values norms above all else, completely unable to realize that they no longer apply to exercising political power.
If we toss out the norms, it opens up so many more ways to exercise power. Don’t invite a president you’ve just impeached to deliver a speech. Block the concurrent resolution vote using your heavy majority in the House. Or better yet, just refuse to show up. Some progressives, including Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, did exactly that. If Democrats lose the House and Trump gets re-elected, there’s no law that says they have to attend the next event at all.
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