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Parents Of MS-13 Victim At SOTU: Democrats “Very Disrespectful” Refusing To Stand For Them

"Democrats have no shame, they hate Trump so much they will treat these poor parents with disrespect.

"Via Real Clear Politics:

On the Wednesday edition of her FOX News show, Laura Ingraham interviewed Elizabeth Alvarado and Robert Mickens, the parents of a teenage girl murdered by the gang MS-13 that were guests of President Trump at his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.

“Everyone in America is grieving for you,” Trump said to them. “And 320 million hearts are breaking for you. We cannot imagine the depth of your sorrow, but we can make sure that other families never have to endure this pain.”

Elizabeth Alvarado, the mother, responded to MSNBC’s Joy Reid for dismissing the Hispanic gang and downplaying them as something only heard about on FOX News.

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Trump Approves Release Of FISA Memo

Daily Caller   "The document allegedly contains proof that some of the top officials in the Obama-era national security establishment abused their authority to obtain surveillance warrants on members of  the Trump 2016 campaign. House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin "Nunes assembled the memo with fellow Intel committee members and staff based on classified information turned over by the FBI and the DOJ."

"The memo will be released with some technical redactions requested by the FBI, which continues to object to the document’s release. House rules dictate that the legislature can vote to declassify material in the public interest stipulating the president must approve its release within 5 days.

"After the president’s approval the memo will be transferred back to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence who will then publicly release it. Trump reviewed the memo after the committee voted to declassify the memo Monday. Administration officials insisted the memo was undergoing a thorough national security review before any decision on its release.

“ 'As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy,” the bureau said in a rare public statement Wednesday."

Trump’s SOTU Was First in Eight Years Not to Mention ‘Global Warming’

Liberty Review

"While President Donald Trump touted policies to make the U.S. into an energy superpower, his first State of the Union (SOTU) address to Congress left out a hallmark of Obama-era speeches.

"Trump’s address is the first in eight years to not refer to manmade global warming — nine years if you include former President Barack Obama’s 2009 address to Congress. Instead, Trump emphasized deregulation and boosting energy production — many of the regulations Trump rescinded were Obama-era global warming policies.

“ 'In our drive to make Washington accountable, we have eliminated more regulations in our first year than any administration in history,” Trump said in his speech Tuesday night.

“ 'We have ended the war on American Energy – and we have ended the War on clean coal,” Trump said. “We are now an exporter of energy to the world.”

"Nearly all of Obama’s addresses to Congress explicitly mentioned climate change. Obama addressed Congress eight times, explicitly mentioning “climate change” in all but one speech.

"While Obama’s 2011 SOTU address did not explicitly say climate change, he did call for investments in “clean energy technology” to “protect the planet.” Obama’s six other SOTUs used the term “climate change.”

"While not technically a SOTU, Obama said in 2009, “to truly transform our economy, to protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy.' ” . . .

Nancy Pelosi's reactions during the SOTU

One supposes she was making sure no Democrat showed approval for any point Mr. Trump made. 

This Democrat said Pelosi's expression was their's as well.

. . . "Needless to say, there were a lot of *amazing* reactions to Trump's speech, but the look on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's face at the State of the Union definitely stole the show. In fact, I think it's safe to say that Pelosi is literally all of us right now." . . .

Before the SOTU:  Pelosi Wants Eyes on ‘Slobbering’ Trump at SOTU, Warns Democrats to Stay in Line or Stay Home  "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) warned her caucus Tuesday to stay in line during President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address.
"Pelosi addressed the House Democratic Caucus about her expectations during a weekly private meeting Tuesday morning, Politico reports.
"Let the attention be on his slobbering self," she said, according to two sources in the room. "If you want to walk out, don’t come in."
"Pelosi told Democrats she expects all eyes to be on the president during the speech, and wants to avoid any kind of interruption that could fuel the Republican base." . . .   Emphasis added by TD

“If his nose isn’t running and he isn’t burping, he did a great speech,” she reportedly remarked.

This is NOT my father's Democrat Party.

"Let’s hope that at some point in the near future that the Democrats will be able to grow up, to put their country before their party, and to participate in our government with the express purpose of making America the land of liberty and opportunity." Kevin Cee

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The State of the Democrats at the State of the Union  "Did you see how the Democrats, especially Pelosi and Schumer, acted while the President was giving his positive message for America?

"I did, and they reminded me of kids when they are too young to know better." . . .    

. . . "At first, I laughed.  They were so funny, and so infantile.  However, the more I saw of their behavior the sadder I became.  It soon dawned on me that these are adults.  They are not children.  Yet, they are acting like children.  That is sad. 

"Then, as the State of the Union address continued, another thought overwhelmed the comedy and the sadness.  What they are doing is frightening, frightening because they are also the representatives of the people, and they have been given the privilege and the responsibility of protecting and supporting a form of government that will give our citizens the freedom and the opportunity to live life to the best of their ability.   Their obligation is to protect and preserve our republic for the benefit of the citizens of our great country." . . .

Ohio Coal Mine Canary at the SOTU: Democrat Tim Ryan   "You have to shake your head in amazement as to what has happened to the Democratic Party. To see what I mean, look at Rep. Tim Ryan. He represents Ohio's 13th Congressional District in northeast Ohio which is centered in the gritty city of Youngstown." . . .

Photo Catches Democrats Literally Playing iPhone Games During Trump’s SOTU Speech  Remember school kids doing this when they were made to be at something they didn't like?

Democrats did themselves no favors with their SOTU responses

These people must love their party more than those they represent:

David Horowitz: Democrats´ Hatred Of Trump Is Going To Bring Them Down

"

"This was the Democrats’ reaction throughout the evening. When Trump made eloquent appeals on behalf of the men and women who serve this country in arms; when he praised his newly appointed Veterans Administration chief for firing VA officials who did not have the love for these American heroes that the American people do, the TV camera panned on Republicans rising to their feet and applauding and then to the Democrats reclining listlessly in their chairs and consulting their cell phones. What the images showed was that the Democrats’ hatred of Trump overwhelmed the most patriotic instinct – to care for the people who risk their lives to care for us.

Lucianne

IBD: Democrats Dig Themselves Into A Hole After Trump's Speech

. . . "Their sophomoric behavior didn't go unnoticed, even by the liberal press. The headline in an NBC News story about the speech said: "Democrats scoff, boo, groan, glower" during Trump's speech."Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez was so offended by his fellow congressmen chanting "USA" that he stormed out of the chamber.Who is being petulant?

After many disappointments this was, as we say, the last straw for me. TD

"( Following the "Petraeus/ Betray us" kerfuffle in 2008) "I have been part of a Democrat family all my life with my father a member of the IWA-CIO and myself also a union member throughout my career. I am absolutely sickened by the actions of almost all elected Democrats and many, many of their supporters. Terrible statements appear in the press, supporting the insurgents in Iraq while our troops fight in what is without a doubt a fight for our survival. The performance of Democrats in the room with Gen. Petraeus has been the final straw for me and I utterly reject this party and its membership.   The Tunnel Dweller 

Posted in the right sidebar of the Tunnel Wall

Things Democrats Refuse To Applaud

One Democrat you didn't see scowling at the SOTU: Dem Rep. Jan Schakowsky Says She Skipped SOTU Because Trump Is A “Sexual Predator”…

Black is the new color of liberal hypocrisy

Ethel C. Fenig  "Proving once again that Washington D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people, some female legislators plan to wear black to President Donald J. Trump's (R) State of the Union address next week, mimicking their Hollywood sisters and daughters who last month protested their new discovery of gross male inappropriate sexual behavior in the entertainment workplace.

"Democratic female legislators that is because most -- but not all of course -- of these allegations in Hollywood and Washington are aimed at men who are Democrats. Who profess – publicly -- great respect for women. And donate generously to Democratic and/or liberal causes. Graciously, in the great liberal inclusive sudden awakening, Republican women are invited to join the somber wearing herd of (non)independent Democratic minds.

"Granted that the Washington D.C. women are really not ugly. And there will be no pre-event red carpet preening of their black outfits which will definitely be more modest than their Hollywood counterparts. And legislators, being legislators, not flashy entertainers, often wear mainly black in their workday lives. But still, the move reeks of the same Hollywood hypocrisy." . . .

Virtue Signalling

Advocating a political or philosophical position, and/or taking up a public cause, from a position of vanity, for the primary purpose of demonstrating your conformity with fashionable pop culture values.

Angela's sudden advocacy for the local pet shelter was mostly an exercise in public relations and virtue signalling. She had never much cared for dogs and cats before, but she instinctively understood teary-eyed public support for defenseless animals generally said something good about her as a person. 

Another unspoken contrast between Trump and Obama

Obama’s SOTU: Uniting the Country…through Pronouns?  "Obama’s 2011 State of the Union incorporated the 2nd largest percentage of first-person plural pronouns since FDR – one year after his 2010 Address delivered the 7th largest use of first-person singular pronouns

"It is sometimes said that politicians – particularly those who attain the highest levels of elected office like that of the presidency – have unusually large egos.

"But when the President of the United States holds court before tens of millions of Americans in important speeches such as the State of the Union Address, it is usually in his best interest to check that ego at the podium, and talk about the nation, not himself." . . ,

Americans are turning against Trump-hating celebrities and buying into the President’s American dream - THAT’S a nightmare for Democrats’

"The State of the Union stats don’t lie:"

UK Daily Mail  . . . "Within minutes of President Donald Trump's first State of the Union speech, CBS News revealed their YouGov poll approval ratings on it.

"Unsurprisingly, 97% of Republican speech watchers liked it.

"More surprisingly, 72% of Independents liked it.

"Staggeringly, 43% of Democrats liked it.

"Overall, CBS reported that 75% of Americans approved of the speech.

"For such a seriously divisive and polarising President, who is currently languishing with just 39% personal approval ratings, these were sensationally good results.

"Interestingly, 8/10 Americans in the poll felt the President was trying to unite the country with his speech and two thirds of Americans said it made them feel proud.

"Less than a quarter that watched said it made them feel scared or angry.

"Contrast this reaction with the instant and so tediously predictable blind rage spewed by the world's liberal celebrities on social media before, during and after the address." . . .

The Shabby, Sophomoric Behavior of Democrats at the SOTU

Rich Terrell photosnark

Patricia McCarthy

The fact that the Democrats in Congress loathe Trump more than they love their country or the American people is a tragedy.

"It is difficult to imagine a more galling demonstration of incivility than the Democrats in the room for Trump's SOTU speech. They scowled, frowned, and sat on their hands throughout the speech. They could hardly be bothered to acknowledge the heroes in the audience when they were introduced. While the Dems brought illegal immigrants, Trump invited actual paragons of American character and the families of victims of illegal immigrant crimes, as well as a victim of North Korea. It was embarrassing, like watching the anti-Semites in the UN stomp out of the room when Benjamin Netanyahu speaks. How is it any different? Our Democrats behave exactly like the most racist, intolerant people on the planet, and in their own Capitol." . . .


Luis Gutierrez Stormed Out Of House Chamber During SOTU  . . . "Towards the end of Trump’s speech, Gutierrez (pictured, right) was spotted on camera getting up and exiting the chamber after Trump praised monuments across the country. As members of Congress applauded the president’s comments, the Illinois Democrat rose from his seat and walked out the door." . . .

Yes, I added angry photos of Democrats here and picked  them because that is my image of Democrats these days; joyless and threatening. Nearly every encounter I have with Latinos and African-Americans is pleasant and friendly, unlike the scowling, bitter people, glowering at us from our TV screens, condemning white people and calling for the killing of police. TD

Not from Fox News, but NBC!  Democrats scoff, boo, groan, glower at Trump’s State of the Union
Many Democrats showed how little stock they put in Trump's calls for cooperation by staying seated during rhetoric that would have prompted bipartisan applause if it came from almost any other president.
. . . 
"Inside the House of Representatives' chamber, Republicans were often on their feet and applauding, while Democrats — some of whom boycotted the speech — quietly glowered, except for when they expressed open hostility to Trump."

With Rachael Maddow on MSNBC, smiling with approval: Cory Booker on SOTU: ‘Ugly,’ ‘Fear Mongering’ — Trump Used Religion, Patriotism to ‘Divide’


Sourpuss Democrats Self-Immolate at State of the Union

"Let's give them the award straight up: Worst Performance by a Minority Party at a State of the Union Address.  (Hey, it's awards season, right?)

"They broke the record. They get the prize with no runner-up for years to come.

"Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi watching  Trump's speech looked like a pair of sullen six-year olds on a sugar crash the day after Halloween.  Bernie Sanders looked mummified.  Schumer was slumped so deeply in his chair he was almost falling through the crack.

Other Democrats, even ones who should have known better or secretly felt otherwise, sat on their hands.  You could see them glancing at each other, wondering whether they were allowed to applaud or stand up. What a bunch of cowards.

"It was a disgraceful display of bad manners, but even more it was incredibly stupid because "the whole world was watching."  The camera was getting them all in close-up." . . .

Nancy Pelosi’s Face During Trump’s Speech Is Amazing  . . . "The camera also panned onto Sen. Chuck Schumer’s face, who looked a bit more comfortable than Pelosi, but not too happy either. At one point of applause, Schumer clapped softly, while Pelosi sat still." . . .

Why Didn't Democrats Stand - Or Even Clap - For This SOTU Line?

. . ." Well, the Democrats did stand for some of those things during President Trump's first State of the Union speech, but when it came to the following line, some of these lawmakers, particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus, remained seated."

Kurdish commenter Sana tweeted:

“African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded...” (Camera moves to audience) These faces say everything. #sotu

When lawmakers were seated for the State of the Union, 

Black Caucus members sported kente cloth from Ghana

. . . "Unfortunately, there were a few other more poignant moments in which Democrats remained silent and seated." . . . 

Katie Pavlich tweeted: "Entire row of Democrats refusing to stand for family whose two girls were murdered by MS-13 "

Unlike Obama, Trump nailed it on GDP growth

Monica Showalter  "While most of the mainstream media attention has been focused on turmoil in Washington, or else President Trump's State of the Union address, if not tabloidy speculation on the state of Trump's marriage, out in the real America, what matters is very different: We have an economy again. This stands in stark contrast to the constantly overpromising and underdelivering record of the Obama administration. During the eight years of Obama's administration, Obama constantly promised that prosperity was just around the corner as the mainstream media said nothing.

"But here's the reality, according to John Merline at Investor's Business Daily:

Trump Just Did Something Obama Never Could — Deliver On Promised GDP Growth

"It's a breath of fresh air and real news, even if the swamp things of the Washington Post do their miserable best to pooh-pooh it.

"Let's scroll back to the Obama era for perspective. " . . .

Spot the stupidest MSM SOTU television commentary

Facts First? CNN Speculates Melania Wearing White to Protest Her Husband

"To demonstrate just how far down the drain their standards for news and analysis were, CNN spent a couple minutes before the State of the Union Tuesday wondering if First Lady Melania Trump’s outfit was designed to protest the President, her own husband.

"Just before the 9 p.m. hour, CNN White House Reporter Kate Bennett was trying to read the tea leaves to understand why Melania didn’t ride with Donald to the Capitol:" . . .

Thomas Lifson

. . .  "All that, despite the fact that Bennett did admit that Melania was accompanying her guests to the event.

"And after being teed up by CNN host Jake Tapper, Bennett tried to read into the secret message the First Lady was trying to send, with her dress. “You know, she's wearing a cream-colored suit there, which I find interesting. Remember last year the female Democratic Senators all wore white,” she recalled while claiming it was to protests Trump’s anti-woman policies.

“ 'Listen, it could be a total coincidence, but I just find a lot of the stuff she does these days, to look at it twice,” Bennett continued.

“ 'I think Maureen Dowd called her the “Slovenian Sphinx,” everybody looking at her and trying to decipher the mysteries,” Tapper quipped, apparently buying into the ridiculousness." . . .

. . . Chuck Todd’s entry in the contest for stupidest commentary was strong, inadvertently reminding us of President Obama’s inability to deliver a coherent speech without reading a script off a teleprompter. Todd discounted what President Trump said because:

“… we know it's not him. It's him reading off a teleprompter.”

(Emphases in the original)

More CNN:  Rep Clyburn: Trump’s America Like Hitler’s 1934 Germany

"President Trump’s State of the Union was a “home run” speech in many ways, but contrasted with the expectations of many, especially Democrat Representative John Clyburn of South Carolina who compared Trump’s America to Germany in 1934 under Adolf Hitler, Monday night on CNN. " . . .

"Well, film clips of Hitler speeches at rallies from that era simply do not resemble Trump rallies. The congressman is an especially silly man, for the history teacher he purports to have been. Clyburn notes that all the churches in Germany had swastika banners in 1934, but none have yet appeared in the church I attend in northern Virginia or the Hill country of Texas."