Masha Fante
Trump’s second State of the Union address was tonight and it started with a familiar feeling:
Aren’t we all? pic.twitter.com/RZe4boBv5F
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) February 6, 2019
Female Democratic lawmakers dressed in white to honor the suffragette movement that gave women the right to vote:
Pretty powerful image of all the Democratic women in Congress wearing suffragists' white pic.twitter.com/yerUe8uVpq
— Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani (@AdrienneMahsa) February 6, 2019
Mood pic.twitter.com/4mEcqeP49w
— Erin ✨executive time✨ Ryan (@morninggloria) February 6, 2019
Weird to see half the chamber all white, and then the Democrats on the other side.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 6, 2019
And SPEAKING of white…
Supreme Court Justices and Rep. Steve King donning their traditional robes. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/030TK58Hwi
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 6, 2019
Trump’s speech was pretty boilerplate and boring, although he did include the usual batsh*t Trumpian flourishes:
Shouldn't there be some "Executive Time" built into this speech? It's really long.
— Alex Wagner (@alexwagner) February 6, 2019
Least fave Hitchcock cameo. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/0fv1fb52gQ
— Pat Healy (@Pat_Healy) February 6, 2019
He sounds like a kid bluffing his way through a book report based on the back of a book called How To Be A Big President. #SOTU
— Johnny McNulty (@JohnnyMcNulty) February 6, 2019
Like when he suggested that he shouldn’t (or couldn’t?) be investigated:
When that guy on the train won’t stop talking to you so you pretend you’re reading pic.twitter.com/JytJvGX8mZ
— ????? (@resisterhood) February 6, 2019
Nancy reading through the new subpoenas pic.twitter.com/Hj9xZuRSAv
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) February 6, 2019
When the waiter is telling you the specials but you aren’t listening. #sotu pic.twitter.com/2npMfuKkBu
— Jason Mustian (@jasonmustian) February 6, 2019
And when he talked about how “hot” the economy was:
Our economy is so hot Trump almost moved on it like a bitch #SOTU
— Travon Free (@Travon) February 6, 2019
Sure, it's the hottest economy, but eventually he'll leave it for a younger, hotter economy #SOTU
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) February 6, 2019
Trump gave a shout out to criminal justice reform and his guest Alice Johnson, who he pardoned at the behest of Kim Kardashian:
“Do you like Huey Lewis & The News?” #sotu pic.twitter.com/JlAZUh3kWZ
— Erik Nagel #tell2friends (@erockradio) February 6, 2019
"So, jail huh? My dad's there" #SOTU pic.twitter.com/JlCkJSVAie
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) February 6, 2019
And he urged Congress to outlaw late-term abortion:
Trump just hates abortion because he’s always being asked to pay for one
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 6, 2019
People reacted about how you’d expect:
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) February 6, 2019
Including Joshua Trump:
gen z is the best pic.twitter.com/fe0sgEeWPV
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) February 6, 2019
Although bearded Ted Cruz liked it!
Ted Cruz looks like recently divorced Wolverine. pic.twitter.com/R3wKsA2Pxi
— Mike Scollins (@mikescollins) February 6, 2019
Sen. Ra's al Ghul (R-League of Assassins) pic.twitter.com/3hrutZrUPB
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 6, 2019
But in the end it was a pretty pointless speech, because we all know what the real state of the union is:
#SOTU pic.twitter.com/llo4JdKU89
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) February 6, 2019
It's over! #SOTU2019 pic.twitter.com/XOqF01fRA4
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) February 6, 2019