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One presumes that the paddles, which members held up discreetly at sporadic intervals through the address, were intended to be pointed but also somber. But the overall effect of the whole scene was, ‘On our way to Barbenheimer, we were kidnapped by Sotheby’s and forced to bid on our dignity.’
These are extraordinary times, and we need an extraordinary, lawful resistance,
Hesse added, though she was left wondering It might have been when several dozen Democrats walked into Donald Trump’s Tuesday congressional address wearing coordinated shades of bubblegum, but it was definitely by the time that several dozen Democrats started waving ping-pong-sized paddles in the House chamber that I started to really worry about the resistance."
In recent years, liberals have tried Minnesota nice, coconut trees, going high, going low, going ‘weird,’ being heartfelt, being snarky, marching, pleading, mocking, understanding, using facts, using pathos, and here we are again, like it’s 2016 and some hardworking activists are wondering if we can turn this thing around via pussyhats,
These props — along with the shirts reading ‘RESIST’ worn by some members — were simultaneously too perfunctory and too earnest. Earnest doesn’t register with this White House, where Elon Musk showed up to a Cabinet meeting in a ‘Tech Support’ T-shirt and Dark Maga ball cap, as if he’d pwned USAID for the lulz,
In the end, ... Trump’s first address to Congress was much like his first six weeks: filled with useful lies and applauded by useless idiots.”
Oh, I don’t know. Try saying ‘I resign,’
Now, some people have questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove one old man with a cane,
Or for the same price, they’ll let you look at an egg,
I’m just kidding, that was very cool, Democrats. In fact, I made my own sign, ... Try doing something.”
he added with a paddle that read Oh, thank goodness! Someone go tell Congressman Green,
Marco Rubio has sunk even further into the couch,
And on Late Night, which recorded before the speech, Seth Meyers had no recap to offer, but some certainty ... he said, referring to the secretary of state looking uncomfortable as he sat next to Trump and JD Vance during their disastrous White House meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy I hope he can attend the ceremony, but he’s going to be pretty busy with his war in Canada,
he said, referring to Trump’s controversial tariffs But don’t you worry. The Democrats came ready to fight back with their little paddles. That is how you save democracy,
In addition to the outfits, the Democrats came prepared to stand up to authoritarianism with a wide array of props, including a whiteboard and pocket Constitutions,
Na na na. Hey, hey, hey! Goodbye!"
As he was led out, chaos erupted from Republicans who cheered and sang I think that there are many ways in which we have raised our objection, and I think we did it well,
Leger Fernández continued Al Green is the do something. The rest of us were trying to be, you know, organized and more thoughtful and prepared to deliver simple messages,
Takano told the Washington Examiner I think everyone left when they felt like they couldn't take the lies any longer,
It's very simple, and the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over,
Trump declared, eliciting laughter from some Democrats
