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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSOTU Aisle hogs not trying to get seats early this year..
WASHINGTON Getting an aisle seat in the House of Representatives' chamber on the day the president of the United States delivers the State of the Union address comes with many perks, none more important than getting a quality picture of yourself shaking the commander in chief's hand at the show.
But scoring such prime real estate comes with a price.
Rep. Eliot Engel, the ranking member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, has repeatedly scored aisle seats to steal a handshake with the president. This year, Engel told Business Insider he would not be doing so.
"I'm gonna be there for the speech, but I'm going to sit with my colleagues in the middle of the row rather than the aisle," Engel said. "I think that's the better way for me to be there. I think it's important to be there, but I'm gonna be an average person."
Another prominent Democrat known for holding the aisle is Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas. Photographers have captured her shaking the president's hand at State of the Union addresses during every administration since she joined Congress in 1995.
But this year is different. Like many Democrats, she is frustrated with Trump's policies and overall rhetoric. Jackson Lee told Business Insider on Wednesday that she had yet to decide whether she would even attend the State of the Union address.
http://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-dont-want-to-shake-trump-hand-at-state-of-the-union-2018-1
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SOTU Aisle hogs not trying to get seats early this year.. (Original Post)
HipChick
Jan 2018
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blaze
(6,270 posts)1. GOP will probably have to assign seating
to make sure that walk down the aisle looks good on tv.
madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)2. The democrats who go should sit on their hands.
tanyev
(42,358 posts)3. Nobody wants Trump cooties!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)4. Remember when Michele Bachmann jumped W at the SOTU?
She was apparently lurking in one of those aisles seats to get a chance for this:
I don't think even the most avid GOPer will want to get physical with Jabba the Trump.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)5. I would want an aisle seat
so I could slap his tiny hand away as he tries to shake mine.