Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers Democratic response to Trump #SOTU: “I need a lot more than 10 minutes to respond to what the president just said. So instead of talking about what he is saying, I’m going to highlight what Democrats are doing.” https://t.co/bulmjJOCUb pic.twitter.com/H9yVx7buel
— ABC News (@ABC) February 5, 2020
Gretchen Whitmer: “As we witness the impeachment process … there are some things each of us – no matter our party – should demand. The truth matters. Facts matter. And no one should be above the law. It’s not what those Senators say – tomorrow, it’s what they do that matters.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 5, 2020
WATCH LIVE: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers the Democratic response to the State of the Union https://t.co/r7Vs6c6WAu
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) February 5, 2020
NPR’s transcription — with notes — here.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer targets President Trump’s attempts to dismantle Obamacare: “It’s pretty simple — Democrats are trying to make your health care better, Republicans in Washington are trying to take it away.” #SOTU https://t.co/C3Wm2ERpwP pic.twitter.com/3uJcKaPHcv
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 5, 2020
In the Democratic #SOTU response, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hit back against Trump’s talking points that the economy is booming.
“Strong for the wealthy? Who are reaping the rewards from tax cuts they don’t need?” #StateoftheUnion pic.twitter.com/LYJ3NjpUkk
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) February 5, 2020
Haven’t found a transcription of Rep. Escobar’s speech, but I’ll add a link if you put one in the comments:
Rep. Veronica Escobar said it was critical for her to deliver the Democrats’ Spanish-language rebuttal to President Trump’s #SOTU address from her hometown of El Paso, Texas.
“This is a place that has responded in the face of hate with love.” https://t.co/Yet8kNdpuF
— NPR (@NPR) February 4, 2020
Heading to the stage to give the #SOTU response in Spanish! pic.twitter.com/cyoYgNDcs4
— Veronica Escobar (@vgescobar) February 5, 2020
NANCY SMASH!
The mood of the union is this: pic.twitter.com/dqDuiz2WhH
— Abraham Gutman ? (@abgutman) February 5, 2020
Nancy Pelosi on manners and propriety: https://t.co/SkDhZxw2CS
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 5, 2020
sukabi
ImFlotus has had more plastic surgery I see. ?? Unfortunate.
mrmoshpotato
Not sure I want to even read the Soviet shitpile’s bullshit in the morning.
Martin
We’re going to rue losing Harris as a candidate. Dems are going to have to learn to hit MUCH harder if we expect to win in November. Warren might be up to it. I don’t think anyone else left in the race is.
Kattails
Thanks so much for posting this, will look forward to checking it out tomorrow, must get to bed. My goal is to get some sort of helpful letter to the ed. about Warren before I have to go to work in the morning. I was sorry to see the discussion about her devolve as Cole’s previous post went on. I very much appreciate the “curated” bits of info that come through here, like Warren’s speech after Iowa, and the Eleven films ad. Always spot on.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Melania’s face overdosed on botox
Amir Khalid
Another jackal said it turns out that orange makeup is contagious. That’s true, alas, and it doesn’t look any better on her than on him.
opiejeanne
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: I almost didn’t recognize her. Are her cheeks plumper than they were the last time we saw her?
Amir Khalid
Because I like reporting on my favourite sportsball team, let me mention that Liverpool FC’s under-23 side, standing in again for the first team, beat League 1 side Shrewsbury Town 1-0 last night in a replay of their FA Cup fourth-round match, thanks to a Shrewsbury defender’s own goal. Unfortunately, I am recovering from a cold and wasn’t up to following a match that kicked off at 03:45 my time.
SeniorMoment
C-SPAN has the Democratic Spanish Language Response to State of the Union: https://www.c-span.org/video/?468979-1/democratic-spanish-language-response-state-union
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Amir Khalid:
Really? I’d not noticed. //
Steeplejack (phone)
@Amir Khalid:
I can’t get the FA Cup at all on my cable system, which vexes me. They used to show at least some of the matches. I always like the inevitable super underdog’s run.
Amir Khalid
I think NotMax would like this song.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Noted.
;)
Steeplejack (phone)
@Amir Khalid:
Fie, fie!
Mary G
Twitter was very critical of Whitmer’s speech. I disagree.
NotMax
@Steeplejack
As it’s a music recording, I suppose that might be expressed as hi fie.
;)
Zinsky
NEWSFLASH FOR CONSERVATIVES – RUSH LIMBAUGH IS NOT A NATIONAL HERO!
He is a lazy, obese, poorly educated hate-mongering bigot who has never done anything productive or helpful in his idiotic life! His denigration of black and brown people alone warrants a nation-wide campaign to take him off the public airwaves, never to return. Hell will be a little more full when this disgusting pervert finally stops sucking oxygen! The fact that Donald Trump would even invite this talentless blowhard to the SOTU address, demonstrates how stupid he really is!
WaterGirl
@Mary G: Twitter is starting to give Twitter a bad name.
John S.
@Zinsky: Actually, it shows what his strategy for re-election is.
Throw copious amounts of red meat to his MAGAt base, fire them up and get them out to vote. He is counting on a fractured and demoralized Democratic base, with a healthy dash of voter suppression to deliver him pretty much the same result he got in 2016. And he’s ok with that.
debbie
@opiejeanne:
Ivanka’s cheeks migrated north over the High Holy Days, and Melania rose to the challenge.
Chris Johnson
@WaterGirl: Twitter is straight up a conduit for Russian troll farms and propaganda. I thought that was already obvious: I have a hard time picking which is more exploitable, that or Facebook. Honorable mention to Reddit for having downvote mechanics that let Russia explicitly control it at the touch of a button.
Chris Johnson
@John S.: He is counting on people believing that is a thing that can happen.
If you’ve got 20% maniacs and assholes, and 80% of the country legit hates you, but you are able to convince them through heavy propaganda that they are actually outnumbered and only 48% of the country, and you are able to convince them that over 50% are like the 20% you know you have, then you can outright cheat and throw the election and then claim you won and NOT get strung up like Mussolini.
And this is not okay.
They are not that popular. It is propaganda, and it’s already everywhere, and part of it is falsely claiming the fascist side is so very irresistible and powerful. And that’s bullshit. Malarkey ;)
WaterGirl
@Chris Johnson:
Interesting theory, and quite depressing. We have to fight harder than they do.