Omar: Speaking out during Trump’s State of the Union was ‘unavoidable’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday defended heckling President Trump during his record-long State of the Union address, calling the action “unavoidable.” “The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents,” Omar told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, referencing the deaths of…

Jeffries: Trump State of the Union ‘riddled with dirty rotten lies’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s State of the Union address as a speech “riddled with dirty rotten lies.” “The president’s speech was riddled with dirty, rotten lies, including his unwillingness to confront the affordability crisis that Donald Trump has made worse throughout his entire time in office,” Jeffries said…

Colbert on ‘silent defiance’ of Jeffries at State of the Union: ‘Bold rebrand of doing jack squat’

Stephen Colbert is knocking House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-N.Y) quiet approach to countering President Trump during his State of the Union address. In a live episode of CBS’s “The Late Show” that aired following Trump’s Tuesday speech to Congress, Colbert said that Jeffries “urged his members in the chamber to not make a scene.”

Pelosi: Trump State of the Union ‘was lazy’

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Trump over his record-long State of the Union address Tuesday, calling it “lazy.” “I thought the speech was lazy,” the former House Speaker told CNN after the speech. “It’s one thing to acknowledge patriotism and people getting well and everything when you have absolutely nothing to do with their…