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					<description><![CDATA[Several Democrats have said they do not plan to attend President Donald Trump&#8217;s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. The address, which will be attended by members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, marks his first speech to Congress during his second term. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, is expected [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC ">Several Democrats have said they do not plan to attend President Donald Trump&#8217;s joint address to Congress on Tuesday.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The address, which will be attended by members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, marks his first speech to Congress during his second term.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, is expected to deliver <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elissa-slotkin-giving-democrats-response-trumps-address-congress/story?id=119395514" target="_blank">the Democratic rebuttal</a> to Trump&#8217;s speech.</p>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has said he will be in attendance &#8220;to make clear to the nation that there is a strong opposition party ready, willing and able to serve as a check and balance on the excesses of the administration.&#8221;</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Here are the Democrats who have said they will skip Trump&#8217;s remarks Tuesday night.</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said she will not be attending the address.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after,&#8221; she wrote in a post on <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3ljl2nsya5s2z" target="_blank">BlueSky.</a></p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Sen. Chris Murphy</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is also skipping Trump&#8217;s remarks, and will instead attend an event with the progressive advocacy organization MoveOn.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;I think every Democrat needs to make up their own mind. I think that State of the Union speech is going to be a farce. I think it&#8217;s gonna be a MAGA pep rally,&#8221; Murphy told <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/02/politics/democrats-face-fresh-test-over-how-to-counter-trumps-joint-address/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>. &#8220;We have to fight every single day, every single day.&#8221;</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;A lot of Democrats think maybe you should fight every third day, you should reserve your power and jump out of the bushes at the right moment,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I just think we have to be on the offensive 24/7.&#8221;</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Sen. Ron Wyden</h3>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has said he will host an online town hall instead of watching the address.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;In this unprecedented time in American history, my top priority is making sure Oregonians from every corner of our state can keep weighing in directly with me,&#8221; Wyden told ABC affiliate <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://www.kezi.com/news/local/senator-ron-wyden-to-host-online-town-hall-during-state-of-the-union-address/article_f24f8f78-f86c-11ef-bf80-4b6766fe42d9.html" target="_blank">KEZI.</a></p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Sen. Patty Murray</h3>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Washington Sen. Patty Murray said in a statement that she would skip Trump&#8217;s address.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;I will not be attending President Trump&#8217;s address to Congress. The state of the union is that the President is spitting in the face of the law and he is letting an unelected billionaire fire cancer researchers and wreck federal agencies like the Social Security Administration at will,&#8221; Murray said.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Murray said she will instead be &#8220;meeting with constituents who have been harmed by this administration&#8217;s reckless firings and its illegal and ongoing funding freeze across government.&#8221;</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Sen. Martin Heinrich</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">In a statement to ABC News, New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich said he is &#8220;not going to President Trump&#8217;s Joint Address tonight.&#8221;</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;I&#8217;ll start attending when he starts following the law,&#8221; he said.</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Gerry Connolly</h3>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly is also sitting out Trump&#8217;s remarks to Congress.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;Since being elected to Congress, I have never missed a State of the Union address,&#8221; he wrote in a statement. &#8220;But we have never seen our democracy so tested. We have never seen our laws, institutions, and the separation of powers so attacked from within.&#8221;</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Becca Balint</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">In a statement, Vermont Rep. Becca Balint announced she will not attend the address.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;I watched him take an oath to uphold and protect the constitution, and all he did was spew lies, stoke division and fear and make no effort to unify our country. I won&#8217;t sit and watch him lie to the American people again,&#8221; she wrote in a post on X.</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Don Beyer</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Virginia Rep. Don Beyer is also skipping the event.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;This evening President Trump will address a coequal branch of government for which he has shown total contempt and disregard,&#8221; Beyer wrote in a post on X. &#8220;Meanwhile my constituents are seeing their livelihoods destroyed, often illegally. What he is doing is not normal, it is not acceptable, and I won&#8217;t be attending.&#8221;</p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Sean Casten</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Illinois Rep. Sean Casten will not be in attendance, his office told <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/democratic-boycott-trump-joint-address-congress" target="_blank">Axios.</a></p>
<h3 class="vPZug ZqdKL xcLAU bunQU uhXXI PjNjV lNbol LBPRq ">Rep. Diana DeGette</h3>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette said in a statement that she would not be at the event.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">&#8220;Trump&#8217;s childish and shameful actions in the Oval Office towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as his barrage of illegal attacks against public servants and vulnerable groups, have disgraced and embarrassed our country,&#8221; she said. &#8220;His actions are beneath the office of the President and do not merit my attendance at this Joint Address.&#8221;</p>
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