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Several Democratic congressional members are wearing black to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, including several female and male members of the House of Representatives looking to shed light on sexual harassment.
There may be a few more empty chairs at the State of the Union this year, as several Democrats have announced plans to boycott the event. Their colleagues, on the other hand, have promised to fill dozens of seats with so-called "Dreamers," illegal immigrants who were brought into the country as children.
Donald Trump will make his State Of The Union address to the people of America in a room packed with politicians from the House and Senate on Tuesday evening. There will also be some other attendees, guests of congresspeople and senators who reflect the issues being discussed in the US today.
In a testament to the reach of the #MeToo movement, Democratic women in the House of Representatives were inspired by women in Hollywood to wear all-black to tonight’s State of the Union address. (Last year, this same group, the Democratic Women’s Caucus, wore all-white in honor of women’s suffrage president’s joint address to Congress the group.).
Just weeks after women wore black to the Golden Globes to protest sexual assault, others have moved to the State of the Union on the same accord.
The reverberations of the #metoo movement have echoed around the country and inspired a record number of women to run for public office. For Trump, it's a complicated issue, political science experts said.
As President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union speech in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, activists plan to host an alternative event across town they're calling The State of Our Union. The goal is to offer a different view and vision for the country at the counter event at the National Press Club, addressing gender inequalities in America today and confronting the president's agenda
In February, Donald Trump gave a State of the Union-esque address to Congress, and Democratic women used the occasion to make a sartorial statement by wearing white, in honor of the suffragist movement and to indicate resistance to the Trump administration's hostility towards women's rights. A year into Trump's presidency, on the night of his first State of the Union address, the Democratic wom
President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, before a joint session of Congress. Lawmakers are allowed to invite guests to join them and many use their invitees to make political statements.
A man is known by the company he keeps. For a preview of Donald Trump’s talking points during his State of the Union address tonight, look at his guest list. There’s the Ohio welder who can now save money for his kids’ education, and the manufacturers who gave their employees a Christmas bonus—thanks to the tax bill Trump signed last year.