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The 2019 SOTU

The House Chamber

The 2019 State of the Union Speech is underway tonight, albeit a few weeks later than usual.

I admit that I'm looking forward to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's facial expressions during the speech.   A sort of "Will she or won't she?"  Heh.

BTW, you might notice a lot of white outfits at the 2019 SOTU:

The "SOTU" Speech Of February 28, 2017

Did Trump reboot his Presidency last night?

Van Jones — of all people — seems to think so:



President Trump's full speech is HERE.

The reaction of the Democrats in the Congressional chamber:

(hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance for this graphic)

The Democrats were particularly unhappy at this point during the speech:

Others gasped in audible disbelief when he announced the formation of a government department to assist victims of illegal-immigrant criminals.

Why was that statement from Trump particularly objectionable? Since when has helping the victims of crimes become objectionable?

Check Out These Reactions To The 2014 SOTU

(Two posts today. Please scroll down)

This morning, a client told me about this video, and I stumbled upon it during blog rounds just now (hat tip to Capitalist Preservation):