Democrats Walk Out During Trump’s State Of The Union Address
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING Multiple Democrats walked out before President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Shame on this forever impeached president.” Pascrell called Trump a liar, tweeting that his presidency is “a national tragedy.” Ryan tweeted that he walked out of the State of the Union speech because “it’s like watching professional wrestling. Toward the end of Trump’s speech, a protester was removed from one of the galleries after shouting something while the president was discussing how the Second Amendment was “under siege all across our country.” It was later revealed that the person was Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jaime Guttenberg, a 14-year-old student who was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. Kasie Hunt, an NBC News correspondent, reported that “many Democrats on the floor turned toward the gallery” where Guttenberg was sitting and “applauded him as he was taken out of the chamber.” Guttenberg was invited to the State of the Union as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s guest.
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