Traditionally the State of the Union has been a yearly “all sides come together to get on the same page” kind of affair, it’s supposed to highlight the importance of country over politics, and it’s where the whole country gets the president’s agenda going forward so we can decide what to support or oppose. It was originally a stately and important moment in our country.

This tradition has had some drama and wild swings in the past but I can’t remember in my decades here if there’s been a sizeable number of legislators and representatives actually protesting the entire thing, people usually go there even if it’s just to “boo” and make a scene and get their clips in on social media.

Honestly it’s completely nothing and pointless right now. The State of the Union means nothing in this administration, the protesting by not attending means nothing. Trump could get up there and scream at the country that we’re going to start mining for chocolate on the moon and people are broadly going to shrug because next week he’ll be screaming that we need to start bombing wind-farms.

Informing people of his lies is a plan to counter him.

He’s really just hurting the party every time he gets in front of a microphone. In his metaphor, he’s not being run off his own block, he’s sitting there in quiet defiance while a klansman pisses in his face. He’s framing this as being tough and it’s just embarrassing.

He really highlights that leadership is chosen by donor rapport rather than political talent or broad party appeal.

If somebody’s going to pull a somebody else, I hope it’s Trump doing a Dwyer. The ratings would be through the roof!