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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's State of the Union Theme: Democrats, Please Don't Hurt Me
The president plans to use his address to plead for bipartisanship in an era of deep division and bitterness largely engineered by Trump himself.
Asawin Suebsaeng
02.04.19 5:12 AM ET
After the protracted shutdown standoff between Donald Trumps GOP and Democratic lawmakers threatened to derail the presidents second State of the Union address, Trump is headed into Tuesdays high-profile speech armed with a simple plea to Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and other Democrats on Capitol Hill:
Please. Dont. Hurt. Me.
On Friday afternoon, a senior Trump administration official briefed reporters on some of the planned contents of the upcoming address, which is set to include themes of American greatness, Trumps standard talk of immigration and violent crime, NAFTA and China-bashing, and endless foreign wars.
One element the senior official repeatedly touched on during the background briefing was Trumps plans to emphasize the virtues of cooperation and compromise, and to try to rhetorically dissuade Democrats from giving themselves over to resistance and retribution.
The official also read excerpts from a draft of the State of the Union speech, which had Trump speaking against political stalemate, and imploring Democratic politicians to help build new coalitions and to find new solutions across the aisle on several policy fronts, such as prescription drug pricing and infrastructure spending.
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Trump's State of the Union Theme: Democrats, Please Don't Hurt Me (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2019
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Irishxs
(622 posts)1. Don't have stomach to watch it.
State of the union is wrecked.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)2. Standard Republican bullshit...
Hopefully the Democratic response will single out Ryan and McConnell's behaviour during Obama's presidency and the long list of broken promises and divisive rhetoric we can attribute to the present White House occupant.
Maybe the cameras can focus on McConnell and record his facial expressions for posterity.
I hate fucking Republican hypocrisy.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)3. Every Dem needs to walk in there with one of these in their hand.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)6. *high five*
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)4. I'll never forget the disrespect shown to Obama
From shouting you lie! and Alito rolling his eyes and shaking his head when Obama said Citizens United will harm our political process.