Politics & Government
How MA Politicians Responded To Trump's State Of The Union
In his speech, Trump lauded the economy and called for unity.
BOSTON — President Donald Trump delivered his State of The Union Address Tuesday night, after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and ahead of a new deadline on Congress to fund a border wall that he's been calling for.
In his speech, Trump lauded the economy, touched on foreign policy and called for unity at home. But Massachusetts politicians took to Twitter before, during and after to make it clear what they thought about this.
Right after the State of the Union Rep. Joe Kennedy had strong words for the president:
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"It’s hard to unite a country when you refuse to defend the majority of the people who proudly call her home," he tweeted.
President Trump’s real record wasn’t on that teleprompter tonight. It is etched in the experiences of the people he has scapegoated, excluded, targeted and ignored over the past two years.
— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) February 6, 2019
He added:
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"Families whose health care he jeopardized, workers he offered up as economic collateral, kids he traumatized at our border, women whose voices he silenced and trauma he cheapened, the black & brown & native & trans & disabled Americans he mocks, dehumanizes & actively oppresses."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted in the lead up to the State of The Union ideas about health care and education in lieu of a wall, but kept it simple right after.
"We heard plenty of things in tonight’s #SOTU that made my blood boil," she said in a tweet that called for folks to follow her campaign.
Ahead of @realDonaldTrump's #SOTU speech, let's list some things we could work together on instead of building a wall. Here's a start: -Build an economy & democracy that works for everyone -Ensure access to affordable, quality health care & education -End corruption in Washington
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) February 6, 2019
Sen. Seth Moulton had a number of tweets he labeled "#factcheck;"
"President Trump hasn’t put forward a single jobs bill," he tweeted. "Childhood cancers are pre-existing conditions. The president and his party have voted over and over again to take us back to a time where cancer survivors could be denied affordable health insurance."
Before the address, newly elected Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley was among those to get in a thought or two. She was among Democratic congresswomen in the audience who wore white to form a sea of white as a hat-tip to early 20th-century suffragettes:
"Tonight, we expect the occupant of the White House to utter the customary phrase, 'The state of our union is strong.' If that is true, it has nothing to do with the Trump administration," Rep. Ayanna Pressley said pic.twitter.com/hKMdqfR1r8
— POLITICO (@politico) February 5, 2019
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Photo Caption: President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump's second State of the Union address was postponed one week due to the partial government shutdown. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
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