president\u2019s guests,<\/a> whom he will likely introduce and talk about during the speech, include the parents of two young women murdered by Salvadoran MS-13 gang members, hurricane rescue workers, small business owners, first time home buyers, military heroes, firefighters, and adoptive parents.<\/p>\nA number of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting the speech.\u00a0 Many of the women present will be wearing black in solidarity with the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.<\/p>\n
Our custom, here at the Cranach blog, is to liveblog speeches like this.\u00a0 That is, I make comments\u2013in the comment section of the blog post\u2013as the speech unfolds, joined by readers who make comments of their own.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m on the road right now, with some obligations tonight, so I\u2019m not sure that I\u2019ll be able to listen to the speech live.\u00a0 I might<\/em> be able to, but I can\u2019t commit to doing so.\u00a0 Still, I urge you\u00a0<\/em>to avail yourself of this opportunity.<\/p>\nGet out your laptops while you tune into the speech.\u00a0 Come to this very post tonight, and make\u00a0your comments, giving your reactions to what the president is saying.<\/p>\n
Whether you are NeverTrump or AlwaysTrump or SometimesTrump, I\u2019d really like to hear from you.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m turning this blog over to you.\u00a0 Please cover for me.<\/p>\n
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Photo, State of the Union entrance, 2011 by Pete Souza [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>[In this presidential-point-of-view shot, see who you can recognize from 2011, when Barack Obama was walking up to the podium.]<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, in a joint session of Congress with the Supreme Court attending.\u00a0 The speech is to be aired on all major television networks.\u00a0 (Last year he addressed a joint session of Congress, but, technically, newly-elected presidents don\u2019t give a State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":31022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,36],"tags":[4923,6096],"class_list":["post-31020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-politics","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-state-of-the-union-address-2018"],"yoast_head":"\n
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