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“Get in Loser, We’re Going to a MAGA Rally.”
— Democrats in Congress heading to President Trump’s congressional address, probably.
This week, President Donald Trump delivered the first congressional address of his second term to a House divided.
As such, his speech was well-received by Republicans, fairly commendable by independent voter polling standards, and outright rejected as a MAGA rally by a cadre of progressive media outlets.
Aside from one former Democratic Party congressman from Texas — who was ejected early from the proceedings — Democratic Party officials were forced to endure nearly two hours of President Trump touting his administration’s accomplishments to the rafters while ruthlessly pillorying those of his predecessor.
They didn’t like it much.
Disruptions were planned — and carried out — by some members of the progressive caucus. None of the disruptions — neither holding up little signs nor color-matching outfits — made much of a positive impact for the Democratic Party.
In the aftermath of Trump’s first congressional address, instead of descending upon Trump’s speech like a swarm of fact-checking locusts, Democrats have instead fallen further into infighting, backbiting, and anonymously leaking damaging details to media outlets.