Congresss telling body language during six key moments of Trumps address
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Congress’s telling body language during six key moments of Trump’s address
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Even skeptical Republicans seemed willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt on Tuesday night. Democrats not so much.
By Amber Phillips and Kevin Uhrmacher
March 1, 2017
A lot was on the line for President Trump in his first major address to Congress. He will need to work with both parties in both chambers of Congress to accomplish anything significant, yet Republican lawmakers have been skeptical of his leadership so far. Democrats have been outright hostile.
Judging by the immediate reaction of lawmakers to some of his policy proposals, he made inroads among Republicans but fell flat among Democrats.
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2. “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption.”
It wasn’t quite a “ You lie!” moment, but several times during Trump’s address, Democrats couldn’t contain their disgust with something he had said.
When Trump started talking about new lobbying bans he instituted, for instance, the guffaws from Democrats were audible to people watching on TV.
The GOP jumped up quickly in support.
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Few clapped here, and some even jeered Trump.
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Republicans immediately stood up and started clapping to drown out Democratic jeers. It was a scene that would repeat itself again, like when later said “the time for trivial fights is over.” This is also a good photo to illustrate how physically divided our Congress is: There is no assigned seating at these kinds of speeches, yet Democrats tend to sit on the left and Republicans on the right..................................
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Democrats’ biggest snub of all came in the last seconds of Trump’s speech.
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See all those empty seats? Trump hadn't even finished his last line when Democrats rushed for the exits instead of offering the president a customary walk back down the aisle.
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Before Trump even got down from the lectern, half the chamber was empty. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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