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OpEd: Democrats shouldn't sit on their hands during the State of the Union
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... When President Donald Trump delivers the first official State of the Union address of his second term, many top Democratic leaders want the focus to remain on him.

With Trump's agenda either faltering or sparking a backlash, they are following a familiar Washington principle that when your enemy is drowning, you don't give them a hand.

I have spoken with members of Congress, senior Democratic strategists and outside organizers about how Democratic members of Congress should react during the big speech. ...

If Trump stands in the well of the House and gives his usual mix of false statements, self-aggrandizement and bizarre asides, they think that will just remind voters why they aren't happy with him right now. Why give him a foil?

The logic is not unserious. But it is incomplete. ...



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