A blue-star wife was reunited with her husband, an inner-city student got a scholarship, and controversial radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh was even awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images For those concerned about presidential decorum, the good news is that Donald Trump gave one of his more restrained rally speeches on Tuesday night. The bad news is that he did it in the chamber of the House of Representatives.
A blue-star wife was reunited with her husband, an inner city student got a scholarship, and controversial radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh was even awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the chamber, drawing audible gasps of shock and disgust among Democrats. The result was that roughly a dozen Democrats walked out and Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of Trump’s speech in half when he finished. Democrats loudly rebutted Trump from the floor with boos, groans, and gestures, including a mass demonstration to support H.R. 3 — the prescription drug bill passed by House Democrats. There was even an allusion to impeachment from the floor as Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey held a Ukrainian flag from his seat.
In contrast, Republicans stood and offered standing ovations at most every opportunity, a normal occurrence during the State of the Union. More unusual was Trump being greeted in the chamber with chants of “four more years.” Typically members tend to refrain from campaign rally style cheers while sitting in the chamber of the House of Representatives.
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