{"id":9096,"date":"2025-03-04T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9096"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:11:28","slug":"report-democrats-planning-protests-during-trump-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/report-democrats-planning-protests-during-trump-speech\/njackson\/2025\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Democrats Planning Protests During Trump Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trump’s speech tonight could feature some interesting moments…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The White House brushed off reports that far-left Democrats in Congress are discussing plans to go further than ever to protest and even disrupt President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Democrat lawmakers are advocating for major disruptions at the event, ranging from outright walkouts to using noisemakers to\u00a0drown out Trump’s speech,\u00a0Axios reported Tuesday. Some of the more moderate ideas reportedly floated include carrying egg cartons to highlight costs, carrying protest signs, and coordinating outfits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told<\/a> Fox News Digital that Trump is prepared for whatever the Democrats might throw at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Democrats behaving like children would be the least surprising news of the night,” Leavitt told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Fox News, other Democrats discussed plans to storm out of the chamber if Trump crosses certain rhetorical lines, such as discussing gender-confused youths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The part that we all agree on is that this is not business as usual and we would like to find a way \u2014 productively \u2014 to express our outrage,” one lawmaker told Axios.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Democrat leaders reportedly encouraged members in closed-door meetings this week to keep their protests civil, however, with many arguing that major outbursts would only help Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“There are definitely a lot of constituents that really want Democrats to disrupt and there are constituents who feel like that just plays into his hands,” another lawmaker told the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

One Democrat \u2013 Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia \u2013 is not planning to attend at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“These are not normal times. The challenges my constituents face demand more than sitting in a chamber I revere, listening as if the person addressing our country is not unleashing chaos and cruelty on their lives. I cannot give audience to that,” he said in a statement Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connolly also said he’s not attending “In solidarity with federal workers and contractors, who have been treated with unspeakable disregard and disrespect by a president and an oligarch billionaire who do not value their public service.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Protests at State of the Union speeches and other major presidential events have grown more common and severe in recent years. While Trump’s Tuesday address is not technically a State of the Union address, it follows essentially the same format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president is scheduled to speak before all\u00a0members of Congress\u00a0on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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