This was awful and terrifying. It will also, along with his tax bill, prevent him from being impeached
— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) January 31, 2018
First year living in DC for a State of the Union address. Got to bloody love a town where political speeches are played in sports bars on a big screen. Thus far: largely groans from the crowd. pic.twitter.com/Vzx82J8Reg
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) January 31, 2018
Somebody just shouted, “Fuck off” at the TV. As an Irishman, I feel at home.
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) January 31, 2018
Church … family … police … military … the national anthem … Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism. The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for. #SOTU
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 31, 2018
This speech was meant to vilify immigrants, promote privatization of infrastructure, and stoke anti-Korean anger in Christians. Great work, everyone. Great work.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 31, 2018
Our @FT annotations to Trump's #SOTU. (Including my pithy trade thoughts) https://t.co/fBM4XGT2X1 pic.twitter.com/7VAShFOZC4
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) January 31, 2018
This speech is going to have a measurable impact on Trump's favorability and popularity. He's saying exactly what people want to hear.
Whoever told @TheDemocrats to sit on their hands made a huge mistake. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/6vYeFJOyMp
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 31, 2018
Bizarre to see POTUS clapping at his own lines in #SOTU.
— George Little (@georgelittledc) January 31, 2018
Trump emphasizes standing for the National Anthem, Republicans give a rowdy double standing ovation in favor of punishing freedom of speech.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 31, 2018
There was about 5 minutes in between Trump’s paeans to national unity and his attacks on black athletes for their peaceful protests.
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) January 31, 2018
Joe Manchin stands and applauds for the "Motor City revving again." Debbie Stabenow looks up at him and says "what does that even mean?" Patty Murray, seated next to her: "I don't know."
Manchin keeps clapping.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 31, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump says wants Cabinet Secretaries authority to reward good dormers and “remove federal employees who undermine the public trust …” at will? No civil service protection? War on govt..
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) January 31, 2018
Government regulation of business divides the public: 50% say it's necessary to protect public interest; 45% say usually does more harm than good. Wide partisan divides. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/TcAYS4rCZv
— Alec Tyson (@alec_h_tyson) January 31, 2018
If I’m Donald Trump, “remove federal employees who undermine the public trust” is not a sentence I use.
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) January 31, 2018
Trump boasts that the the black unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded. That's great.
Under Obama, it fell from a peak of 16.8 %to 7.8%, and since Trump's inauguration, it's fallen to 6.8%. And let's not forget that Janet Yellen deserves a lot of credit. pic.twitter.com/Il3xyGm3u7
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) January 31, 2018
In the spirit of fairness, let's acknowledge that it's a good thing that Trump endorsed the general ideas of spending on vocational training and paid family leave.
And let's check back in a year to see how far those proposals got.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 31, 2018
"In God We Trust" has in fact only been a US motto since 1956, when a Republican Congress voted to push out the more pluralistic and secular "E Pluribus Unum"
— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) January 31, 2018
We do not do more than anyone else in the world to help the needy and struggling. We do not.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 31, 2018
Las Vegas Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Sandy Hook Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Charleston Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Aurora Movie Theater Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Texas Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Columbine Shooters:
Not immigrants.#SOTU— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) January 31, 2018
We can already destroy any country in the world many times over with our current arsenal. Wasting hundreds of billions of dollars to start a new nuclear arms race will make us less safe. https://t.co/E5hB7doH2D
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 31, 2018
Earlier – Nation braced for Trump’s SOTU
The address begins at 9ET. Check back for updates…
Watch the #SOTU live alongside tweets from key Trump Administration accounts here: https://t.co/Njo52YOlc2
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 31, 2018
Bookmark this page for live fact-checking and analysis of @realDonaldTrump's first #SOTU starting at 9 p.m. https://t.co/zh9kaIMU61 pic.twitter.com/LrcNO6ZFob
— POLITICO (@politico) January 31, 2018
During #SOTU tonight follow a live fact-checking AI developed by the founder of @Politifact: https://t.co/ttDSTtkf9k Download Fact Stream on the App Store: https://t.co/6agWoJuC4U @BillAdairDuke #SOTU2018 pic.twitter.com/VuDvjmNQwf
— CSAIL at MIT (@MIT_CSAIL) January 31, 2018
TONIGHT: We're live-tweeting the #SOTU and going LIVE at 11/10c on Comedy Central and Twitter: https://t.co/ENTgdHZ2kZ#ComedyCentralSOTU pic.twitter.com/yHC0y400VX
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 30, 2018
Tonight, for the first time in history, the names of campaign donors will be shown over the livestream of a President of the United States, on his campaign website, as he delivers the State of the Union to Congress. https://t.co/RZ2O4QMtJe #sotu pic.twitter.com/q8p4G3I6kt
— Sunlight Foundation (@SunFoundation) January 30, 2018
WATCH: Activists project "Investigate Trump" onto the side of Trump's DC hotel, hours ahead of the #SOTU pic.twitter.com/jpXL5nmkF6
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2018
"Rapists"
"Sons of bitches"
"Shithole countries"
"Pocohontas"
"Enemies of the people"Trump: "It's a New American Moment"#SOTU
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 31, 2018
Trump tonight will say he's "restoring America's standing abroad."Not that facts matter, but:https://t.co/1jA4Yjt6Ro
— Ned Price (@nedprice) January 31, 2018
Trump had almost endless stream of fast food deliveries today – very nervous for #SOTU Told staff he finds Arby's "calming."
— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) January 30, 2018
Joe Kennedy III, grandson of RFK, to give Democratic response to State of the Union https://t.co/ZVm5wIGmJQ #SOTU pic.twitter.com/crfKTJjwuQ
— Bloomberg (@business) January 31, 2018
70 years of addresses to Congress in 70 seconds. @CNNPolitics #SOTU pic.twitter.com/Zv27mqo7EQ
— Brenna Williams (@brennawilliams) January 31, 2018
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WORLD
Scoop: The White House’s choice for U.S. ambassador to South Korea is no longer expected to be nominated after he privately expressed disagreement with the Trump administration’s North Korea policy, w/@agearan https://t.co/Bcq6c4RnBy
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) January 30, 2018
A flavor of South Korean Twitter this morning: If they can’t even appoint Victor Cha, then who are they going to appoint? “I’m really scared.” https://t.co/NXJk33cDCn
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) January 30, 2018
#BREAKING: Thousands of protesters push through the police blockade at the Parliament of #Catalonia to demand the investiture of the Catalan president, suspended by the Spanish "justice"pic.twitter.com/iGbzqrv7wW
— David d'Enterria *X (@denterd) January 30, 2018
The Catalan parliament speaker insists that self-exiled, former leader Carles Puigdemont is the only viable candidate to lead Catalonia, as the regional government postpones vote for new regional head https://t.co/0pPntjd7vc pic.twitter.com/f7A71QupSo
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 30, 2018
A woman tried to board a plane with her emotional-support peacock. United wouldn't let it fly. https://t.co/yTjvJoDCmV @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/3XsmSR7iDg
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) January 31, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXT BRITAIN
Britain risks suddenly losing access to 750 trade deals on Brexit day, Michel Barnier says https://t.co/TZjQXjxZ4d pic.twitter.com/xmupR9Mww8
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) January 30, 2018
The point I have been making for 18 months is that the inevitable Brexit economic downturn will hurt my constituents and people like them across the country. This isn’t a theoretical debate for me – this is about real lives, real jobs and real families. https://t.co/6MJ0LQprzL
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) January 30, 2018
🤦🏻♂️ In an act of self-parody, Davidson will be giving a lecture on the opportunities of Brexit the day after it was revealed that the UK government's own analysis indicates the UK will be worse off in every Brexit scenario. pic.twitter.com/jdzbNhxJDe
— Ross Colquhoun (@rosscolquhoun) January 30, 2018
Tory minister breaks ranks to say Government should stop Brexit if evidence shows it would be 'damaging’https://t.co/WdvUKuzqmZ pic.twitter.com/WsGV2jgWfc
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) January 30, 2018
The leak of the Brexit impact reports did well to make the third story slot on @BBCNews at ten. Most of the coverage was of Brexiteers dismissing them. So that’s alright then.
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) January 30, 2018
This caller says Brexit is a chance to get rid of the restrictive EU laws, so James O'Brien tries to find out which law he is desperate to repeal… pic.twitter.com/v4aPmiqGC0
— LBC (@LBC) January 30, 2018
Darren Osborne, the man on trial for the attack at Finsbury Park mosque, claims that he wasn’t driving the van at the time of the attack, he was in the footwell at the time. And that the van was driven by a bloke called 'Dave' whose surname he doesn't know.
This is his defence.
— David Videcette (@DavidVidecette) January 30, 2018