US EditionOcasio-Cortez skipping Trump address, will live post instead
- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she will not attend President Donald Trump's address to Congress and will livestream instead, saying, 'I will not legitimize it.'
- Ocasio-Cortez has a history of boycotting presidential addresses, previously doing so in 2019 and 2020, claiming it normalizes presidential actions.
- She voiced concerns about Republicans possibly filling seats on the Democratic side to create a false impression of applause during the address.
- Ocasio-Cortez's absence follows her social media engagement asking her followers for their opinion on the event, inaccurately calling it a 'State of the Union.
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Democrats Defy Trump’s Address as Chaos Erupts in Congress – The Windy City Word
By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Just before President Donald Trump took the podium to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress, Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett sent a message loud and clear: He is “not like us.” Crockett, dancing and lip-syncing to Kendrick Lamar’s culture-defining hit, later punctuated her defiance with a pointed jab. “Well… the State of the ‘DisUnion’ will begi
Ocasio-Cortez skipping Trump address, will live post instead
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she will not attend President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday night. She said she will be posting live about the speech on social media instead. “I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead,” the New…
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