Dem Senator's Boycott of Trump's State of the Union Has Him in Meltdown
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Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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We are joined by fighter and Senator Chris Murphy to prepare for Trump's State of the Union Address.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, I'm joined by Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who, in my opinion, is one of the biggest resistance leaders. |
| 0:12.5 | And today we're going to talk about the incoming rambling dementia hour that is called the State of the Union. |
| 0:19.2 | Senator, are you going or staying away? |
| 0:21.6 | Hell no, I'm not going. I mean, he's made a mockery of the State of the Union. |
| 0:26.3 | Listen, I care about institutions. I want to preserve democratic institutions, but he has like lit this |
| 0:32.2 | one on fire, and we don't need to be a backdrop for his histrionics. |
| 0:38.7 | It just legitimizes what's going to go on tonight and that's a whole bunch of lying. |
| 0:44.5 | That's a whole bunch of grandstanding. |
| 0:47.0 | So I won't be there. |
| 0:48.2 | I'll be with a bunch of my colleagues, a bunch of guests who are going to tell the story |
| 0:53.7 | of what's really going on in this country. be down the hill from the Capitol outside in the freezing cold, telling the real story of what's happening in the United States today. |
| 1:04.0 | Good for you. I saw recently that one of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Mike Lee tweeted something. |
| 1:11.6 | Kylie popped us up. |
| 1:13.2 | He tweets, |
| 1:14.4 | Cartel Hitman wear masks. |
| 1:16.6 | Leftists aren't complaining. |
| 1:18.5 | And you ducked on him immediately and responded with, |
| 1:22.5 | oh dear Mike, I literally could make our argument better than you do. |
| 1:26.7 | The bad guys wear masks. |
| 1:28.4 | The good guys don't. And of course, Mike Lee has already deleted his tweet because he got |
| 1:34.5 | owned by you. But let me ask you this. Since we know that Christy Noem, Donald Trump, |
| 1:41.0 | are making a mockery of our institutions. Do you think ICE needs to be abolished? |
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