As President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union on Tuesday, Feb. 24, more than 80 Democrats from both the House of Representatives and the Senate have announced they will be boycotting tonight’s speech.
At least 30 representatives and senators will skip the address to attend the “People’s State of the Union” hosted by MeidasTouch, MoveOn Civic Action and other community organizing groups.
Some of the high-profile Democrats in attendance will be Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, as well as Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego.
The Democrats’ decision to boycott the State of the Union comes as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has spent the last week saying Democrats would find a way to contradict President Trump.
“The two options that are in front of us in our House [are] to either attend with silent defiance or to not attend and send a message to Donald Trump in that fashion, which will include participation in a variety of different alternate programming that is going to take place in and around the Capitol complex,” Jeffries told reporters last week.
Here is who is boycotting the State of the Union.
Who is boycotting the State of the Union?
According to a count by USA TODAY, more than 80 Democratic members of the House of Representatives and Senators have announced they will boycott the State of the Union on Tuesday.
But, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-California) will not attend the address as he has been chosen as the Democrats’ designated survivor, and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) will also not be in attendance due to a family health emergency, according to The Boston Globe.
- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
- Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
- Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Sen. Angus King (I-ME)
- Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA)
- Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)
- Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)
- Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH)
- Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
- Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA)
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
- Rep. Diane DeGette (D-CO)
- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
- Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
- Rep. Dave Min (D-CA)
- Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA)
- Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
- Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME)
- Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
- Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)
- Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OH)
- Rep. Val Hoyle (D-OR)
- Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Rep. Gave Amo (D-RI)
- Rep. Lizze Fletcher (D-TX)
- Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
- Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX)
- Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT)
