Donald Trump blabbered on for an hour and 22 minutes during last night’s State of the Union address, making it the third-longest one in modern history.
Trump stood at the front of the House chamber, with Vice President Mike Pence seated behind him on one side, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi watching over his shoulder from the other.
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Throughout the speech, Pelosi sat with pursed lips and a grim expression on her face, rolling her eyes and shaking her head as Trump spewed lie after lie, with a few bombastic partial truths thrown in for good measure.
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But it wasn’t until the end of Trump’s harangue that the woman who sits third in line to the presidency issued, as the Washington Post so perfectly described, “a ‘literal clap back’ to the president on national television and in front of a room full of the country’s most powerful people.”
And now, the memes…
bowlingbutch
BRAVO Nancy Pelosi. I am sure we will hear from Trump that it is the greatest State of Union address ever. I think the Democrats should invite Trump’s porn stars and women he cheated with to this speech. Maybe he would have to face some truths
Mick406
She is a rude, arrogant, fascist/communist witch! She and Schumer are out to destroy this country.
MikeM
No, that’s the Oompa Loompa…
michaelf7466
How is she rude? And you can’t be a fascist and a communist at the same time. She’s definitely not trying to destroy the country. Your comment demonstrates how it is people like you and this President that are trying to destroy this country – with hate-filled vitriol, attacking fellow Americans with lies and ignorance.
Doug
Anybody who can call Pelosi rude, arrogant, etc. and excuse Trump for all the things he’s done to this country shouldn’t even be allowed to vote.
Mick406
Tell me ONE thing Trump has done to hurt YOU! Huh? One thing! Yeah . . . I didn’t think so. Lots of accusations but nothing solid. Those who oppose him also oppose law and order.
Mick406
michaelf7466
Who are Trump supporters hating? PROVE to me Trump hated someone so badly he hurt them. What “fellow American” has been attacked? This crap is all in your minds.
Pelosi can’t be a fascist and communist at the same time? True. She takes TURNS being them, along with socialist also. It’s whatever flavor of the day she wants to use to attack our president.
The only thing I want is LAW AND ORDER! I don’t care WHO is president. Did you see that crowd in the House chambers last night? The Dems are loading up with socialists and Muslims and anyone else against the main stream life of America. Honestly . . . I don’t get what they are seeking. Always complaining but other than Cortez who wants a complete Socialist system here, and that Muslim woman who wants Palestine to destroy Israel, all the rest of the libtards can’t explain what they want. They only want Trump gone so they can rule the playground again.
And you know what that means? Another attempt at destroying the Constitution. More welfare. More taxation. More illegal criminals in our country. And after you have that . . . you know what you get? You get the Middle Class Americans going broke, and when they go broke there is no one else left to supply the money for all the free shit for everybody. I almost hope I live to see the day come when liberals get everything they want, because even though it will hurt me and my kinfolk, I will get to see them starving and destroying the cities in which they live. I get to see them eat each other because this country will be degraded to MORE than a Third World country. It will be worse than Venezuela. That’s when I want to stand up and say, “Well folks. You didn’t want any laws. You didn’t want any rules. You wanted to open this country to every miscreant and evil cult from the outside world and now look what you got! Enjoy it!
Greg
@Mick406 How do we not have law and order in this country? If we didn’t, a lot of people would be robbed and killed. The Dems are loading up with socialist and muslims? Like??? How did the Dems try to destroy the Constitution? You make claims about what people want and what they are doing, but that’s all made up in your head. How do you know the U.S. will become like Venezuela? You hope to see things go bad so you can say you were right. When did anybody say they didn’t want laws or rules? Stop being hysterical and calm yourself. Nobody is going to destroy the country but Trumpty Dumpty.
ElPillo
Mick406, are you a trump troll? Because if you are speaking about arrogant fascist witches, out to destroy our country you have just described trump
Kangol
You sound as off your rocker as that lazy, lying lunatic Orange Oaf Donald Trump!
Aires the Ram
Couldn’t say it better myself Mick406.
MikeM
How about some equity in taxation? Not another tad break for the Uber wealthy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work. Never has. No legislation has been proposed to raise welfare benefits, however. So the only “welfare” benefit has been to wealthy individuals and corporations who are benefitting from a tax code that benefits them. How about placing judges in LIFETIME positions who are fervently and obstinately anti LGBT? How about banning trans service men and women? How about declaring an emergency to build a useless wall that will set a horrible precedent for successive president to declare emergencies for their own whimsical desires?
Most people who enter the country illegally do it via plane and overstay their travel visas, or get student visas from bogus universities like the “University of Farmington” which was set up by ICE to trap those seeking such apocryphal visas and was successful in capturing them?. Get a clue.
Greg
They don’t care about the people who stay illegally do it by staying long after their visa expires. They don’t want to hear that. In their little minds, all illegals, drugs, criminals, sex traffickers, and terrorists come over the southern border. If they were to think logically and intelligently, it would play with their agenda. They seem to think that if the wall is built, that there would be no drugs, crime, illegal aliens, etc. because that’s what Trumpty Dumpty tells them and that’s all they want to believe.
truthseeker
–MikeM
What do you mean by some equity in taxation? Even though our tax system is not perfect, there is equity in taxation. The top 50% of all tax payers paid 97% of all income taxes in 2016. The top 50% of all tax payers are hardly considered “wealthy individuals” as they are income earners of $33,000 per year. Are you advocating for even higher taxation and expanding welfare to get everyone on government assistance? Why not advocate for jobs and lower taxation so Americans have more take home pay?
A wall is not useless at the southern border. Almost all federal immigration agents have said that we need a wall on the southern border so that they can better do their jobs. Why would you not want law enforcement agents to have the resources they need to successfully do their jobs and protect our country while enforcing our laws?
Illegal aliens cost the US $100 billion every year. Also, you are wrong that most illegal entries are from visa overstays. According to Center for Migration Studios, as reported by NBC news, 42% of illegals are from overstays. That would not make it the majority. President Trump is asking for $5 billion to create a barrier at the border. The US spends almost $4 trillion a year. The wall payment is 0.13% of the yearly budget and is a one-time payment. That would be comparable to if you made $4000 a month and bought something for $5
Democrats even supported a barrier at the southern border in the past decade but now because they hate the President, they rather stick to partisan politics
MikeM
“Tuthseeker” in 2017, 750,000 people entered by visa overstays and other visa waiver programs, and 300,000 entered illegally. And that was the lowest since 1971.
And— that as recently as January 4, the website for the Border Patrol union stated, “The NBPC disagrees with wasting taxpayer money on building fences and walls along the border as a means of curtailing illegal entries into the United States.”
Furthermore- according to Forbes magazine, the corporate tax cuts have given corporations the ability to buy back stock and solidify their market shares, but those benefits have not “trickled down” to raise workers’ pay.
I, personally, have had a tax cut of ten dollars per paycheck. I make just under 100,000$ a year. Wow. I can buy a coffee at Starbucks. Thanks, Trump!
truthseeker
— MikeM
Your numbers off. In 415,517 were caught illegally crossing the border in 2017 and in 2018 521,090. The way the news likes to manipulate that interpretation is they only focus on the number of people caught when in reality the number of illegal border crossings is way higher when you account for the number of people who were not caught. Homeland Security estimates that only 55% of people crossing the border are caught. That would mean the approximate total of border crossings is in the ballpark of just shy of 1 million border crossings in 2018. That’s more than the number of people living in all of San Francisco!
Your quote also is from the border patrol union and not the border agents themselves. Also it is a quote from 2012 that appeared on some random page of their website and has since been removed. The border patrol agents and the border patrol union still have held firm that border walls are “essential” as they said in a statement. Especially considering there are hundreds of miles of unblocked border where people cross constantly. We need a wall along with other immigration barriers including e-verify.
As far as taxes again, people who pay more dollars in taxes saw more dollars in a tax cut. However, when you look at the tax cut percentages, the middle class received the highest. You cannot refute the numbers I gave regarding taxes because they are true. Regarding stock buybacks, most of that has to do with the Chinese economy taking a hit as trade between the US and China heads in a direction of fair trade for a change.
With that in mind, someone in your tax bracket, based upon your information, would save 4% in taxes per year and you would receive double the standard deduction if you don’t itemize. People in the higher tax brackets only saved 1% – 2%. I assume you did not file your taxes yet since you have not stated your total savings. If you made just shy of $100,000 for the year, then you are not considered middle class but in the top 15% of wage earners
MikeM
“Truthiness seeker” I do refute your numbers. Tax cuts are supposed to put more dollars in people’s pockets. Hasn’t happened.
Whom do you think the border union represents? The BORDER WORKERS!
The numbers I gave on illegal crossings and entry are entirely accurate. Have a great day!
Aires the Ram
No country ever had it end well, that adopted Marxist theory. Starvation, poverty, totalitarian rule, ruined economies, ruined infrastructure (ever see pics of the E. German Autobahn after reunification?).
To try something that has always ended badly for the people (Venezuela anyone?), will always end badly for the people, for the country. You can hate President Trump all you want, but he’s saving YOUR ASS too, from such folly.
MikeM
Of course. People like Pelosi and Schumer and the media want to destroy the United States. Right. Venezuela anyone? Seriously? That was a socialist dictatorship whose country depended on inflated oil prices. How about Sweden? The United Kingdom? France? How about public schools? Fire departments? Police forces? Yikes! Socialism!
truthseeker
How come Queerty has not covered the story of the Democratic Virginia Governor wearing black face and having a racist past, the Lt. Governor’s sexual assault, and the AG’s wearing of black face?
They covered the story of Florida’s Secretary of State Michael Ertel wearing black face but failed to cover this massive story out of Virginia. I’m not sure where else to post this, so I’m posting it on the most recent political story.
Does Queerty not take black face wearing seriously when it’s worn by Democrats?
Aires the Ram
@truthseeker, They’re trying to sweep this story under the rug, because it involves two liberal democrats, one we must be reminded, just the other day, said that a baby can be born, ‘made comfortable’, then a decision between the mother and the Dr. can be made as to whether to murder the baby, or let it live. If they blew up this story, like they would if it were Republican Governors and vice-governors, it would go against their narrative. They’re not in the news business anymore, the leftist mainstream media (CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, PBS, major newspapers), are in the business of a smear campaign against our current President and their main goal is to destroy the United States of America.
SportGuy
That clap is EVERYTHING!! The best part is donnie dotard said thanks because he was too stupid to realize it.
Morrisson
I think this line best describes Graham Gremores’ style of ‘reporting’…”spewed lie after lie, with a few bombastic partial truths thrown in for good measure”
Invader7
Donald McDuck Lips with the TweetyBird Chrome yellow hair is such a tool. Everyone plays to his Deeply flawed ego and his CORRUPT, CONCEITED,dangerously unstable deluded mind.He doesn’t realize how many people in his “inner circle” want him gone. He operated like a Mafia Godfather in NYC and thought he could get away with that behavior on a national/international level.Wrong. His financial past is going to catch up with him. He loves crooked $$$$ and dirty deals- or so the prevailing wisdom in NYC goes… Ask Deutsche Bank- they sued him for$380 MILLION he tried to screw then out of. His children are just as shady.And Drumpf is cozying up to North Korea,China & Russia. WHY? What do they have on him???
Blackceo
That Pelosi clap absolutely made my day!!! The pursing of the lips, the way her hands are out in that specific way clapping at him. She is a BOSS. Orange Agent is playing checkers while Pelosi is playing chess and checkers and beating his ass in both.
winemaker
This response is for Mick406: Thank you for saving me a lot of time in responding to stuff about this rude, disrespectful and disgusting waste of, air, DNA, liar, thief and destroyer of California and the American dream for so many legal Californians and especialy San Francisco, her district. Mick, do you live in San Francisco, it sounds like you do. Well i do and the distruction done by the liberals or progressives or whatever you want to call ’em to this once great clean, affordable and prosperous jewel of Califronia is disheartning to say the least. And the real sad thing, the liberals pander to the gay community and a lot of us eat it up like candy. This might come as unpopular here in California, the land of ultra liberalism but I’m sick and tired of all this socialist BULLSHIT foisted on us by these no good thieves, liars and anti Americans pretending to have us and America’s best interest at heart. They live in gated communities far away form all the destruction, filth crime etc while we the lower echelons deal with it on a daily basis .As for ‘nasty’ nancy ‘pigliosi and good ole ‘fart’ faced dianne feinstein, I’ve got a question for you and all of the other thinking Californians and gay people: what have the liberals done to improve your lives, helped with the economy, made getting good jobs easier and generally what’ve they done for Caifornia and the people the took an oarh of office to serve? I’m not praising the Republicans as there’s snakes in both parties but as gay people and California citizens, again, what’ve they done other than keep raising taxes to pay for all thir sociialist utopian BS while the qaulity of life here goes deeper into the toilet and generally. make your lives better,? To the liberals, progressives, or whatever you want to call them, the gay community along with the blacks. Latinos etc are just pawns to be pandered to for votes, flipped the ‘bird’ behind our backs and BS’d to, nothing more, sad but true. And the destruction goes on and on!
smarine777
” Well i do and the distruction done by the liberals or progressives or whatever you want to call ’em to this once great clean “, did you forget that CA is leading the nation on many important things, to millions of people.
” They live in gated communities far away form all the destruction, filth crime etc while we the lower echelons deal with it on a daily basis “, wake up 😉 That’s occuring not ONLY in Ca,,GEEZ!! Btw, no, I don’t like it either, and you can thank capitalism for it, UNLESS its about safety for them and their families for whatever reason, et cetera. People sometimes, who come out in favor of the ‘public good’, need a tad more protection . Just sayin…
” what have the liberals done to improve your lives “, OH I don’t know. SOUND THE ALARM on climate change is a greattttttttttt start!!
Its deceitful , greedy, dangerous and evil to say nothing, do nothing and lay back in your deluded ‘safety’ of your mansion , or wherever one is, and let the rest of us DIE for YOU. NO thanks, and oh btw, NOT happening.
Your reference to the economy, well that was well on its way under Obama, – ya him whom the trump , heaped racism on him, and now is doing no better as fake presdent. He is an idiot and so swept up in himself that he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing to our country. A few well placed pieces of legislation isn’t going to save him in my eyes at the very least, given his rampant racist, misogyny , hate filled incited riots from 2016 & >, his hateful ‘baby trump’ name calling , his love affair with dictators, his habitual and harmful lies every single day, OH and for good measure lets not forget his criminality!! All over the place–I guess none of us should be surprised given he seems to LOOOOVE to body slam people, and by doing so, appeal to his non thinking ‘base’.
How about healthcare- do you have any ?
The only destruction as you put it, is mired ( though NOT entirely just them, obviously) in the republican party. Actually , its dead.
Thats what Trump has wrought, and I feel zero sympathy for the R’s, they’ve brought it on themselves out of greed , selfishness and ignorance of what ordinary americans go through.
So, to recap, your ‘anger’ is misdirected ;)(
batesmotel
I’ve never met anyone that likes Nancy Pelosi. Whenever I’ve said something good about her, the response from others is disaste, “I can’t stand her.” This place here must be the only place she has a few straggling fans.
MikeM
Yet, she is the speaker of the house by a majority vote… how did that happen?