There are a number of elected officials who are choosing to boycott Donald Trump‘s State of the Union speech tonight (February 24).
The 79-year-old POTUS will speak to the nation in the annual address at 9pm ET this evening, and it will air on all of the major networks. He is expected to speak on a myriad of topics that impact the American people. This is a normal occurrence for the President to deliver this speech to the public.
However, many Democrats have announced plans to boycott and will instead, be attending alternate events.
So far, we know of two events that are happening around the same time as the SOTU. One event that is drawing the attention of some Senators and Representatives is an event dubbed the People’s State of the Union Event. Another event is called the State of the Swamp.
Keep reading to find out more…
Scroll down to see which Democrats are boycotting as of right now…
Democrats Boycotting/Attending People’s State of the Union Event:
Senator Ed Markey (Massachusetts)
Senator Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
Senator Chris Murphy (Connecticut)
Senator Tina Smith (Minnesota)
Senator Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Representative Pramila Jayapal (Washington)
Representative Becca Balint (Vermont)
Representative Greg Casar (Texas)
Representative Yassamin Ansari (Arizona)
Representative Veronica Escobar (Texas)
Representative John Larson (Connecticut)
Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove (California)
Representative Delia Ramirez (Illinois)
Representative Sara Jacobs (California)
Representative Emily Randall (Washington)
Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (New Jersey)
Democrats Boycotting/Attending State of the Swamp Event
Senator Ron Wyden (Oregon)
Representative Seth Moulton (Massachusetts)
Representative Dan Goldman (New York)
Representative Eugene Vindman (Virginia)
Representative Jason Crow (Colorado)
Other Confirmed Boycotts:
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York)
Senator Ruben Gallego (Arizona)
Representative Jared Golden (Maine)
Representative Summer L. Lee (Pennsylvania)
Representative Dina Titus (Nevada)
Representative Don Beyer (Virginia)
Representative Sean Casten (Illinois)
Representative Ami Bera (California)