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By Summer Concepcion
February 5, 2019 11:43 pm
Democrats didnt shy away from expressing their reactions during President Donald Trumps State of the Union address Tuesday night.
From Sen. Kamala Harris shaking her head as Trump rambled on about stopping illegal immigration to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving a standing ovation when Trump praised the record number of women serving in Congress, Democrats made it clear that this was Trumps first SOTU address in front of a divided Congress.
Watch Democrats range of reactions throughout the speech:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA):
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Standing ovation when Trump gives shoutout to record number of women in Congress:
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Reps. Deb Haaland (D-NM) and Sharice Davids (D-KS):
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY):
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY):
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
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Dems reacting to the immigration portion of Trumps speech:
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)I've never seen any Speaker so obviously do something that showed she wasn't listening to Donnie. If she had wanted to read the speech discretely she could have used an Ipad or smart phone or even have her staff give her a printed copy; instead she chose a laptop, and moved it around so it naturally drew attention away from IQ45.
Perhaps she was playing the online game "Fortnite"? The students at my school are really into it.
I thought the Democrats' responses to the "stable genius" babbling were priceless. The thing that most gets under Trump's skin is being laughed at, and the various expressions were just short of outright guffaws.
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)I watched the screech and I never saw Speaker Pelosi with anything other than a copy of the screech. She was checking to see when and where he veered offscript, which he so often does.
Speaker Pelosi was most certainly listening to the idiot and I wonder what you were watching to give you that impression.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)japple
(9,838 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)davsand
(13,421 posts)I was also amused to hear the orange anus bitch about confirmations the Senate hasn't dealt with. It's apparently still lost on him that his own party controls the Senate--as they have the entire time he's been in office.
Bless his heart.
Laura
Harker
(14,031 posts)refusal to confirm a judicial appointee.
zanana1
(6,125 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,202 posts)And you know that most of the time, Trump doesn't recognize what those looks mean. He'll get his Russian handler to explain them later. She was dressed for a funeral after-all.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He looks for fear or defeat in their eyes because he loves to cause both. Reruns give him that extra lift he craves.
Except now on reruns he probably sees victory in their eyes and body languages and sometimes he gets it. Other times someone has to explain it.
SunSeeker
(51,657 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)stain my eardrums.