So if he enters Congress for the SOU and attacks the Speaker of the House

[malaise]

should Speaker Pelosi turn off his mike?

[Zoonart]

1. That's a provocative question.

She is a stickler for decorum in the House, so I would not expect her to gavel him out, or to lead a walk out from the well. The Dem caucus, however... should walk out. It WILL be a shit show.

I think he will not show. He is too much of a coward to face his accusers. He will give some address from the White House.

Just MHO.

[malaise]

2. Interesting take

[Dustlawyer]

6. I think all of the Democrats need to shout "You Lie!" after every sentence he utters!

[not_the_one]

28. Excellent idea.

Goose, meet gander.

But we will be all nicey-nice, contributing to the (richly deserved) impression that dems have no spine.

Nancy should cancel the SOU. the turd is illegitimate, an actual treasonous traitor to this country, therefore undeserving of giving a SOU, and will turn it into a maggot rally.

Nancy should NOT countenance a shit-show.

BUT, give him a microphone and there is a chance he will just confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt to his koolaide drinking cultists what most of us already believe.

OK, I change my mind, give him the mic, Nancy, and THEN make him eat every word he utters.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. Wouldn't surprise me

Good comment.

[Drifter]

3. Every person ...

disgusted by such an act should get up and walk out.

Cheers
Drifter

[lark]

5. More than that, they should very loudly boo and hiss as they are walking out, with loud cries of

traitor and criminal and PUtin's bitch. I really want to hear PUtin's bitch yelled out on camera. Yeah, they probably won't, but it is totally deserved and if he lies about them and Ukraine, Dems should ratchet it way up!

[tblue37]

18. Joe Wilson's a Republican. Our elected officials have better manners and a sense of

respect for solemn tradition. They won't shout insults at POTUS during a formal address to Congress.

[2naSalit]

22. And certainly not in the Speaker's House!

Speaker Pelosi will not allow disrespect in her House. She holds the power of the occasion. Knowing she could shut him down and having seen that every time he tries to push it with her she wins bigly, he'll probably wimp out and do it from the WH if at all. From the WH he's free to spew all kinds of crap so if he does deliver, that's more likely the way it will happen.

On the other hand, if he tries to spew his bile from the House, that will be interesting to say the least and could be done with the intent of dealing a deadly blow to Congress. Since it's likely to take place during a trial in the Senate, or still be waiting, he's going to be fighting for is life and that means he's going to fight dirty, it's all he knows. And we know how he rolls so we can guess what he'll do regardless of any advice that might be offered beforehand.

[csziggy]

31. Or stand up and turn their backs

Like this example:

[Blue_playwright]

4. I keep thinking he'll do two things...

Publicly name the whistleblower on live tv and bring that madman Seal he just forgave for his crimes.

[KentuckyWoman]

7. NO

Let him lay in the floor and have his slap out fit.
Speaker Pelosi should just sit back, smile, and enjoy the entertainment.
The Democratic party members in attendance should laugh at him like it's a Comedy Central special.

My bet is he's pretty close to losing it. One good nudge would get him frothing on international TV.

[PatSeg]

11. Yes

Pelosi and Democrats should be maddeningly cool and composed, not imitate rude and uncouth republicans.

[Ohiogal]

26. I agree

[ewagner]

29. Agree

In the aftermath, Democrats should "pile on" about disrespecting "the people's house" and how shameful his performance is/was. AND...express shame on how he embarrassed every citizen of this country in the eyes of the world.

[PatSeg]

37. Absolutely

We need to respond as Democrats, not an imitation of republicans. Mimicking republicans' behavior only validates it and gives them an excuse to come back even more outrageous the next time. Of course, they will also have the audacity to criticize Democrats for being crude and vulgar. They have a seriously underdeveloped sense of irony.

I really hate when I hear Democrats yell "Lock him up", even though it is well deserved. We believe in the rule of law, not mob justice.

[catrose]

23. I used to pick up my two-year-old and take him to another room to finish his fit.

Funny, it always stopped as soon as there was no audience.

I guess that wouldn't work here, though.

[PatSeg]

38. You'd have to take away his phone though!

Not your two-year-old of course!

[malaise]

42. I'd pay to see him lose it on live TV

Networks and cable

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. didn't he already give us a preview? ...

[tblue37]

9. She could do what this pastor did when Trump violated decorum by attacking HRC

when that was supposedly not the purpose of his visit (it was supposed to be about the Flint water crisis):

[KentuckyWoman]

13. Wow... I'd love to shake that woman's hand.

Pure class.

[tblue37]

15. Notice how fast he backed down, like a firmly chastened little kid. He is

not a socially strong person, but a coward. That's why he fires by tweet instead of facing someone. He can't handle direct disapproval from others, nor can he handle confrontation. He can date at some submissive underlings but unless he has all the power, and his interlocutor is already cowed, he is easy to force into a conciliatory posture.

[SWBTATTReg]

40. And where is the courage that our House representatives (we have it already in Nancy P., others)...

and Senate representatives need? Moscow Mitch and others around him have their own agenda, and that is to stifle any democratically sponsored bills and retain the budget busting, failed tax cut bill of 2017 so their billionaire and millionaire buddies will get richer and contribute more to the republicans' PACs for upcoming elections. In addition, Moscow Mitch has stifled any efforts (and continues to do so) to enact effective measures against meddling in our elections. What's his true purpose here? It seriously makes you wonder what in the hell is his rationale?

More dark money coming into our elections is making our elections outrageously expensive, and distorting
and stifling our individual freedom of speech, that is, those that have the money, get to speak out more than all of us combined. What if some of us are unable to actively participate in our elections in this manner (donating funds)? If they can't, then in effect, their rights have been totally suppressed, by money, in effect.

Of course the more wealthier companies and individuals are able to garner more resources, gather more funds, and thus, speak out far more than each individual.

Citizens United opened the doors wide open to massive amounts of money (foreign or national) coming into our elections with little oversight. This massive amount of money has seriously infringed on the freedom of speech enjoyed formerly by individuals and has allowed freedom of speech enjoyed by corporations to overwhelm all others.

[StarfishSaver]

14. Again - just follow the black women

The sisters will show you what to do.

[tblue37]

16. This! They keep pulling our fat out of the fire. nt

[catrose]

25. THIS

[malaise]

17. He was even more incoherent

after she told him he wasn't invited for a political speech

[tblue37]

20. He has his nasty shtick and he's "shticking" to it. He can do nothing but his

same old greatest hits rant, even when delivering a prepared speech.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

35. Yes, she put him in his place; he seems to cower to strong confident women

..later at some interview or in some tweet he insulted the minister. [I'll search for comment and add]

[dalton99a]

12. Democrats should immediately register their protest and walk out en masse.

Don't sit there in silence and accept his insults.

And Democrats should be ready to strike back with a Democratic response specifically drafted for this eventuality.

[PJMcK]

21. A walk out would need to be strategic to be really effective

If the Democrats walk out as soon as the SOTU begins, it would look juvenile and premeditated.

A more effective strategy would be to plan the walk out for when Trump begins his attacks on the House for impeaching him.

[Skidmore]

19. He'll use part of it as

a campaign commercial and the rest to rant about how unfairly he's been treated. It will be a colossally long rant. Perhaps people will be sufficiently disgusted.

[2naSalit]

24. That would be the greatest advatage

to having him give the Address. All it would take is for a large group to laugh at him once and he would go of like a barrel of gasoline which would bring everyone to the conclusion that he needs to go. If everyone sat there and stoically watched the meltdown, all the better. It will be a tough night for the nation but we will not survive without wounds, but we must prevail.

[empedocles]

27. The Speaker must have considered trump to do crap at SOU. Suspect the Dems will be prepared

to 'respond'.

[2naSalit]

30. Well, she did disinvite him last year until he

killed the shut down. It will be another roller-coaster ride this year.

It's going to be tense. I live in a reddish state and a friend, who is Asian, said they are moving in a couple weeks because they are afraid for their safety when shit gets rolling next month. They get harassed a lot in town and that sucks and they have children. So they are going to another state where they feel safer.

I just hope it all gets done quickly and we can start to clean up the mess.

[Bayard]

32. She should wallop him in the back of the head with her gavel

But Nancy has too much class for that.

[3catwoman3]

33. I'd pay to see that.

I’d pay even more for the chance to do it myself.

[duforsure]

34. No!

Why waste another opportunity for trump to make a fool of himself, again, and for all to see and hear. She knows he just can't help himself, and will say really stupid stuff, and when he does attack her, I have faith she'll put him in his place again, and drive more voters to run from this stupid idiot called trump.

[NotASurfer]

36. Recently she's a step or two ahead every time he yaps

I can't predict what's in the works, but I expect it to be highly effective in emphasizing his complicity in selling out the country. With him, all roads.

[OregonBlue]

39. Couldn't she just gavel the proceeding closed? Isn't that her perogative?

[cojoel]

41. She should install the dais with a trap door

Then if he gets out of had she pushes the button that opens the trap door.

What is beneath the trap door is left to the reader's imagination.

[Bayard]

43. Ohhhh.....I LIKE that!