{"id":15074,"date":"2026-02-25T17:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15074"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:09:27","slug":"whos-boycotting-state-of-the-union-over-80-dems-say-they-wont-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15074","title":{"rendered":"Who’s boycotting State of the Union? Over 80 Dems say they won’t attend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As\u00a0President Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0delivers his\u00a0State of the Union on Tuesday, Feb. 24<\/a>, more than 80 Democrats from both the House of Representatives and the Senate have announced they will be boycotting tonight’s speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) speaks during the “People’s State of the Union” rally at the National Mall on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.\u00a9\u00a0Heather Diehl, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At least 30 representatives and senators will skip the address to attend the “People\u2019s State of the Union”<\/a> hosted by MeidasTouch, MoveOn Civic Action and other community organizing groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the high-profile Democrats in attendance will be Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, as well as Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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<\/a> 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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is who is boycotting the State of the Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is boycotting the State of the Union?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n