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"This moment, though brief, showed how tensions between the president and the Democratic Party are at an all-time high. Trump spent the early minutes of his address praising his own administration’s accomplishments, both economic and cultural, and sharply contrasting them with the failures of the Obama administration. He didn’t mention impeachment, acting almost as if it didn't exist — or like it just didn't matter.
"Pelosi would have had a hard time with her base had she failed to contradict Trump somehow. And so, in order to show how she rejected what he had said, she tore up the speech. She knew she'd been beat. Impeachment failed. The Democratic Party is eating itself over Iowa’s caucus divisions. Trump’s approval is at an all-time high.
"Pelosi can shred Trump’s speech, but she can’t change the results. The results are what voters will remember heading into November."
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Which Democrats will call out Pelosi for shredding the norms? "Are there no Democrats who have the spine, the decency, or the dignity to call out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for corrupting the norms and the decorum that bestow the sacred body of our House of Representatives?
"Immediately after President Trump concluded his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Pelosi put on a show and tore up what appeared to be her printed version of the president's prepared remarks.
"Never has there been a more explicit show of disrespect during the address than when Republican South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson hissed at President Barack Obama, "You lie!" in 2009. (And I'm counting all the times Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has fallen asleep during the same event.)
"But wait, what I want to know is which Democrats are willing to buck the foremost leader of their party to show that they still have some dignity and honor? Who in the Democratic Party will prove to be the statesman or stateswoman by rebuking Pelosi?
"Which Democrat will prove that valor is still a virtue and demand that Pelosi show some remorse for her actions?
"Is there an elected Democrat out there who still has the honor and courage, or even the basic humanity, to say that enough is enough?"
"This must read absurd, but I only say it because it's the same thing the national media do, except for Republicans. Every Republican in Congress is expected to bend over for a spanking before denouncing the leader of their party (in this case, Trump).
"I don't expect Democrats to do any of this. But the mental exercise is fun."
"Never has there been a more explicit show of disrespect during the address than when Republican South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson hissed at President Barack Obama, "You lie!" in 2009. (And I'm counting all the times Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has fallen asleep during the same event.)
"But wait, what I want to know is which Democrats are willing to buck the foremost leader of their party to show that they still have some dignity and honor? Who in the Democratic Party will prove to be the statesman or stateswoman by rebuking Pelosi?
"Which Democrat will prove that valor is still a virtue and demand that Pelosi show some remorse for her actions?
"Is there an elected Democrat out there who still has the honor and courage, or even the basic humanity, to say that enough is enough?"
"This must read absurd, but I only say it because it's the same thing the national media do, except for Republicans. Every Republican in Congress is expected to bend over for a spanking before denouncing the leader of their party (in this case, Trump).
"I don't expect Democrats to do any of this. But the mental exercise is fun."
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