一些民主黨議員抵制川普總統的國情諮文講話
U.S. President Donald Trump's first year in office was marked by controversy, resulting in at least 14 Democratic lawmakers announcing they plan to boycott the speech. It could be the biggest known boycott of a president's State of the Union.
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia said he would not attend. "At this junction, I do not plan to attend the State of the Union," Lewis said on MSNBC.
Rep. Juan Vargas of California tweeted Monday afternoon on his decision not to attend: ".@POTUS continues to disrespect women, insult people of color, and attack our immigrant communities. I will not be attending the State of the Union—I stand in solidarity with all the people he has and continues to disrespect. #SOTU"
Rep. Maxine Waters of California, a harsh Trump critic, also said she wouldn't be going. She asked, "Why would I take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar?"
This is not the first boycott of a president's State of the Union address.
In 1999, President Bill Clinton spoke in front of a divided Congress in his State of the Union address, just weeks after being impeached by the House of Representatives. Some Republicans decided not to attend. They included Reps. John Shadegg of Arizona, Bob Schaffer of Colorado, and Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Bobb Barr of Georgia.
The previous largest known boycott of a president's address came in 1971 by all 12 African-American lawmakers in the House. The members wrote to President Richard Nixon for a meeting, which they said he refused. In turn, they skipped Nixon's speech.川普擔任美國總統的第一年有不少爭議，導致至少14名民主黨國會議員宣佈抵制川普總統的國情諮文。這可能是已知對總統國情諮文最大規模的一次抵制。
來自喬治亞州的衆議員路易斯說他不會參加。他在MSNBC電視節目上說：“在目前這個節骨眼上，我不打算出席國情諮文演講。”
來自加利福尼亞州的衆議員瓦爾加斯星期一下午在推特上宣佈了他不參加國情諮文的決定。他說：“總統繼續不尊重女性、侮辱有色人種、攻擊我們的移民社區。我不參加國情諮文。我與那些他曾經並繼續不尊重的人站在一起。”
來自加利福尼亞州經常尖銳批評川普總統的衆議員華特爾斯說她也不參加，不願意花時間聽騙子講話。
這不是美國曆史上第一次抵制總統的國情諮文講話。
1999年，克林頓總統在兩黨對立的國會發表國情諮文。在那之前幾個星期，他剛剛面對衆議院彈劾。一些共和黨議員決定不參加克林頓的國情諮文，包括亞利桑納州的衆議院沙德格、科羅拉多州的沙佛爾議員和塔恩科雷多議員，以及喬治亞州的巴爾議員。
以前最大規模的抵制國情諮文是在1972年，當時衆議院內所有的12名非洲裔議員拒絕參加。這些議員致函尼克松總統，希望安排一次會見，但是被尼克松總統拒絕。他們隨後拒絕出席克林頓總統的國情諮文。
