Seven Democrats have confirmed they will be boycotting the event to protest Trump's policies and actions in the White House.
Hours before the 2020 State of the Union, Democratic Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon both announced that they will not be attending President Donald Trump's address.
The freshman Democrats will join five other House Democrats in boycotting Trump's last SOTU address before the 2020 elections, which is taking place on the eve of the Senate impeachment trial vote which is expected to acquit the president. The five Democrats—Reps.
"After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump's lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Tuesday afternoon."None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it. Consequently, I will not be attending the State of the Union.
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