Schakowsky will boycott Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Instead, she will be visiting her husband Robert Creamer, who is in the joint for bank fraud.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a City Year event at Gale Elementary Community Academy in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's North Side, Monday morning, Jan. 15, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Rep. Jan Schakowsky D-Ill., will boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, telling the Chicago Sun-Times, “the language and actions of the president should not be considered the new normal and just proceed as business as usual.
“The American people have been subjected to a year of racist and erratic and divisive behavior,” she said.
Schakowsky, in her tenth term, represents the 9th congressional district, taking in parts of Evanston, Skokie, Park Ridge and other north suburban and North Side Chicago lakefront turf. She did not skip former President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speeches.
She cited specific reasons for skipping the speech – usually the biggest audience of the year for a president: Trump’s Muslim ban; reaction of the violence in Charlottesville and his failure to denounce Nazis and more recently using vulgar language to refer to African nations during a discussion about immigration.
Trump has “disrespected millions and millions of Americans and the presidency itself,” Schakowsky said.
Trump’s speech in the House chamber will be his first official State of the Union address. It comes at a time where there is a wide, polarized divide between Democrats and Republicans and after a brief federal government shutdown.
Trump’s speech is expected to include a controversial framework on immigration, putting a $25 billion price tag on a variety of enforcement measures – with a wall just one item – in exchange for extending legal protections to “Dreamers.”
Trump delivered a speech before a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017, just over a month after his inauguration – but a speech coming so close to a presidential first term swearing is not considered a “State of the Union.”
Schakowsky did attend Trump’s 2017 address, but that was “before we got the full sense of where Donald Trump was coming from.”
House and Senate Democrats are not united on whether to boycott or attend the SOTU. Schakowsky said, members should not go to the event “just for the sake of politeness.”
Asked if a boycott was a dishonor to the presidency, Schakowsky said, “I see the president as a danger to this country and I want to see more Republicans stand up to him.
“…In my own good conscience, I just cannot participate in one of the most honored traditions of our country because I see a man who disrespects our institutions.”
She looks a lot like Harvey Keitel. Remember the Bad Lieutenant? You get the government you deserve. This bitch wants us dead.
ReplyDeleteShe sees a man who disrespects our institutions? Her husband obviously doesn't respect some of our financial institutions, or the folks who deposit their paychecks there. Another "do-nothing" who jumps on the liberal bus for any cause. Why doesn't she just jump in front of the bus?
ReplyDeleteTypical democrat puke.
ReplyDeletemarta in scareface was the second ugliest female ever , yes jan your number one, and wow 10 terms. shesh maybe its me who is the evolutionary malfunction
DeleteAgain, I apologize for my boooorish conduct,but, after careful reflection, she actually could be a tad better looking that janet reno.
ReplyDeleteHer old man's registering dem voters in the joint
ReplyDeleteWay to represent your constituents Jan. Nobody put a gun to your head and made you become a congresswoman. When you took the oath of office you freely accepted the duties and responsibilties of that office. You're choosing the typical liberal, snowflake ,democrat way of,he said something mean that hurt my feelings, I'm taking my toys and going home. You are not fit to serve in Congress.
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