The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) announced Wednesday the group is looking at various ways to protest the president’s upcoming State of the Union address to Congress.
CBC members plan to either walk out of the address, hold up fists during the talk, or even hold their own State of the Union address to protest the Trump administration, according to Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana.
“We will decide in that meeting and discuss how we want to respond to the president’s State of the Union. We could go, we could go and walk out, we could go and hold up fists … or we could not go, or we could hold our own State of the Union,” Richmond told Buzzfeed News’ AM to DM. “So there’s a million options we could do, but I think the most important part is to let people out there know that we’re still here, we’re still fighting, we really don’t care what he thinks about us.”
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Other congressmen plan to protest Trump’s upcoming speech due to alleged comments he made about Haiti and Africa. Despite Trump’s denial of the language used, Democrats are refusing to attend his speech. Rep. Pramila Jayapal announced her refusal on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, while Reps. Maxine Water and John Lewis will also skip the address.
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