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senseandsensibility

(21,759 posts) Wed Mar 5, 2025, 03:23 PM Mar 5

I didn't watch the speech last night so maybe I'm missing something [View all]

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but from following it here on DU, it seems that Al Green was "kicked out" by Mike Johnson for heckling trump. And it seems that Elizabeth Warren was called a racial slur by trump from the podium, all on live TV.

And yet, the Dems in attendance did not leave with Green to show support, nor did they leave when Warren was smeared from the podium. That is incomprehensible to me.

I sincerely hope the Democrats learn from this experience. Unity is a powerful weapon. I called for a boycott of this ridiculous clown show for weeks before the event. That would have shown unity. It would have been a powerful signal that this administration is dangerous. It would have been seen as strong and dignified. AND it would have demanded attention from the media.

Unfortunately, our party looks fractured and confused because members took several different approaches to this "speech." Some protested with signs, some heckled, some boycotted, some, like Mark Warner, seemed determined to treat the situation like a normal SOTU.

One thing I learned in my experience in organized labor is that unity and simplicity of action are superpowers. Strong, unified actions are almost always respected when they are justified. Democratic leaders can demand respect in this way, and they should.

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I didn't watch the speech last night so maybe I'm missing something [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 5 OP

Simplicity. mr715 Mar 5 #1

What message other than this is fine were the Dems projecting? erodriguez Mar 5 #16

"This is fine" mr715 Mar 5 #39

That's my point. erodriguez Mar 5 #40

What would you have them do? bucolic_frolic Mar 5 #2

It's a boycott senseandsensibility Mar 5 #5

Sure. progressoid Mar 5 #8

A better plan orangecrush Mar 5 #19

The should have just walked out erodriguez Mar 5 #23

Yes, sounds infinitely preferable. Magoo48 Mar 5 #42

"Unity and simplicity of action." PERFECT. Scrivener7 Mar 5 #3

DURec leftstreet Mar 5 #4

They also didn't leave when Trump called Biden the worst President ever. Or when he denigrated Nanjeanne Mar 5 #6

Thank you for those details senseandsensibility Mar 5 #9

I can think of several things he could say that would make me very happy. Harker Mar 5 #34

Yep ibegurpard Mar 5 #7

And another hannah Mar 5 #13

I really think the idea here is that Dems need new leadershipm erodriguez Mar 5 #17

It's a 24/7 Dem trashathon here lately ZRB Mar 5 #36

You Said That Quite Diplomatically... MayReasonRule Mar 5 #10

I just followed you... FirstLight Mar 5 #33

Dang, Right On Y'all... I'm Looking Ya' Up On Blue Sky Right Now... MayReasonRule Mar 5 #46

I wonder if Pelosi's sitting with the do nothing crowd,if she had anything to do with it. nt SheilaAnn Mar 5 #11

I saw her sitting with Hoyer senseandsensibility Mar 5 #14

The camera cuts to her were pretty bad. Mosby Mar 5 #25

I don't understand your point. madamesilverspurs Mar 5 #24

We need a Democratic Plan 2026/2028, yesterday. Silent Type Mar 5 #12

You mean left with Green Figarosmom Mar 5 #15

That does make more sense senseandsensibility Mar 5 #18

Yeah he is a smirking monkey isnt he Figarosmom Mar 5 #47

Exactly.. Cha Mar 5 #21

He's been calling Warren "Pochahontas" for years. maxsolomon Mar 5 #20

I'm not inured to it senseandsensibility Mar 5 #28

Is that your line in the sand, then? maxsolomon Mar 5 #31

Oh my line in the sand was crossed LONG ago senseandsensibility Mar 5 #43

Snide is what I've got left. maxsolomon Mar 5 #45

K&R orangecrush Mar 5 #22

It might be too late to learn JustAnotherGen Mar 5 #26

Regardless of what some seem to think senseandsensibility Mar 5 #27

I agree, we are seeing a shock reaction Farmer-Rick Mar 5 #37

I was trying to get that across too senseandsensibility Mar 5 #48

A Missed Opportunity Baron2024 Mar 5 #29

They should have walked out Blues Heron Mar 5 #30

He also called them all "radical left lunatics" while pointing at them. Lars39 Mar 5 #32

Post removed Post removed Mar 5 #35

This not the time to be polite. It is the time to be powerful Joinfortmill Mar 5 #38

Well maybe when enough of 'em finally wake up? calimary Mar 5 #41

I sometimes want to give in to despair too senseandsensibility Mar 5 #44

I wanted them all to attend, and stand up when the POtuS entered the room Martin Eden Mar 6 #49

Yes that did all happen Meowmee Mar 6 #50

I am so claudette Mar 6 #51