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Dulcinea

(8,194 posts) Wed Mar 5, 2025, 06:34 AM Mar 5

6 takeaways from Trump's pointedly partisan address to Congress

(NPR) After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

Coming in just under 100 minutes, it was the longest such speech in modern history. And it saw a Democratic member of Congress be kicked out, several other Democrats walk out at various points and a Republican Party firmly and enthusiastically backing their president.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways

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6 takeaways from Trump's pointedly partisan address to Congress (Original Post) Dulcinea Mar 5 OP

If only the Democrats started emphasizing the middle class in 2016, as Slotkin did yewterday... Beastly Boy Mar 5 #1

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1. If only the Democrats started emphasizing the middle class in 2016, as Slotkin did yewterday...