Illinois Congressmen React to President Trump’s State of the Union Address

That compared to 57 percent after Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address, the network said.

“There was not a single Trump voter who after watching that speech abandoned him and went for Hillary (Clinton)”, Thau said. She had chosen to stay in NY with their son Barron until he finished school.

Earlier, Pelosi had warned House Democrats not to leave the chamber mid-speech. President Trump’s State of the Union, in stark contrast, was nearly an hour-and-a-half long-the third-longest State of the Union in history-without any meaningful mention of his wife, Melania.

“I can not wait 12 years”.

Trump said he was also asking Congress to ensure the USA had needed powers to detain Islamic State terror group members and other “terrorists wherever we chase them down”, though it was unclear whether he was referring to a new war powers authorization or some other mechanism.

“He looked presidential, he said all the right things, but let’s see what he implements”, said Lauren Price, a retired government worker who watched the speech Tuesday night with other voters as part of a focus group organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based think tank.

“We wanted to hear from the people who are actually working really hard for the positive vision of America – marching, rallying, organising, calling, writing, tweeting, Facebooking, educating and caring for our country”, Ruffalo told the crowd.

GOP lawmakers erupted in applause. Democrats were far more muted. “There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream”.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) took the stage to deliver the Democratic rebuttal to President Trump. The president didn’t slobber.

Trump detailed his “four pillars” of immigration reform, claiming it was a “down-the-middle compromise” that would create a “safe, modern, and lawful immigration system”.

After the speech, Pelosi’s grim-visaged reaction to the address drew Republican attacks.

A further response from the left-leaning side of the Trump opposition was given Tuesday night from the Working Families Party, which supports progressive policies and enjoys particular clout in NY.

The fact that Melania also opted to travel separately from the President, breaking a longstanding tradition, has also caused some conversation.

Check out more photos of her outfit below. However, officials said about 690,000 were covered by the program when Trump ended it in September. Daniels on Tuesday issued a statement denying the affair happened. It was the first time the couple had been seen together in public since January 15. Mrs. Trump abruptly canceled plans to accompany her husband to Davos, Switzerland. Many Republicans, like me, who are not comfortable with Trump would have been a lot easier to convert if the Trump of tonight’s speech was the every day Trump.

First lady Melania Trump, who has remained out of the spotlight since recent allegations of her husband’s infidelity with a porn star, sat alongside Albuquerque policeman Ryan Holet, who made a decision to adopt the baby of a pregnant, homeless drug addict he met while on duty a year ago.