越来越多的民主党人试图通过缺席周二唐纳德·特朗普总统的国情咨文演讲来转移人们对他的关注，因为他们表达对政府不满的和平方式选择有限。
一些民主党人将转而出席在林肯纪念堂附近举行的“人民国情咨文”活动。
该活动被描述为一场集会，由两个左翼媒体和激进组织——MeidasTouch和MoveOn Civic Action组织，将重点批评特朗普上任第一年的政策。
出席的参议员包括马萨诸塞州民主党参议员埃德·马基、俄勒冈州民主党参议员杰夫·默克利、康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲、马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦和明尼苏达州民主党参议员蒂娜·史密斯。
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特朗普总统于2025年2月6日星期四在华盛顿希尔顿酒店的全国祈祷早餐会上发表讲话。（美联社照片/埃文·武奇）
在众议院方面，出席的民主党众议员包括亚利桑那州民主党众议员亚萨明·安萨里、佛蒙特州民主党众议员贝卡·巴林特、德克萨斯州民主党众议员格雷格·卡萨、德克萨斯州民主党众议员罗尼卡·埃斯科瓦尔、华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔、康涅狄格州民主党众议员约翰·拉森、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员西德尼·坎拉格-多夫、伊利诺伊州民主党众议员德利娅·拉米雷斯、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员萨拉·雅各布斯、华盛顿州民主党众议员艾米丽·兰德尔和新泽西州民主党众议员邦妮·沃森·科尔曼。
一小部分民主党人宣布他们将跳过国情咨文演讲，但不会参加对抗活动。
例如，亚利桑那州民主党参议员鲁本·加列戈和缅因州民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登已计划留在家中。
这一事件发生之际，民主党人过去在巧妙表达对国情咨文的反对方面一直存在困难。
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特朗普总统（中）发表2025年国情咨文。（贾宾·博茨福德/盖蒂图片社）
去年，民主党领导层希望避免引发争议，但无法阻止党内成员打断演讲，制造电视上的戏剧性场面。
2025年，德克萨斯州民主党众议员阿尔·格林通过站起来、挥舞镶金手杖并向总统大喊大叫的方式打断了特朗普的国情咨文。
美国众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊在格林拒绝和平退席后，立即指示执法官将其带离会议厅。
格林没有回应关于他是否计划出席或干扰周二特朗普演讲的置评请求，但他在一份新闻稿中宣布，他不会在特朗普演讲后参加附近办公楼内其他议员的采访。
“我将继续这种[和平抗议]，”格林说。
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特朗普向国会发表联合演讲，遭到德克萨斯州民主党众议员阿尔·格林的打断（美联社）
今年，纽约州民主党众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯要求其核心小组的成员沿着两条路线对待国情咨文。
“摆在我们面前的两个选择是要么出席并以沉默表示反对，要么不出席并以这种方式向唐纳德·特朗普传达信息，”杰弗里斯在上周的新闻发布会上说。
杰弗里斯本人表示，他将与纽约州民主党参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默一起出席国情咨文演讲。
利奥·布里塞诺是福克斯新闻数字版国会团队的政治记者。他此前曾是《世界》杂志的记者。
A growing number of Democrats are trying to divert attention away from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday through their absences amid a limited set of options for peaceably voicing their displeasure with the administration.
A number of Democrats will instead attend the “People’s State of the Union” event held near the Lincoln Memorial.
The event, described as a rally, is organized by MeidasTouch and MoveOn Civic Action, a pair of left-leaning media and activist groups, and will focus on criticisms of Trump’s first year back in office.
The event will draw senators like Ed Markey, D-Mass., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Tina Smith, D-Minn.,
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President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
On the House side, Democrats attending will include Reps. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., Becca Balint, D-Vt., Greg Casar, D-Texas, Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., John Larson, D-Conn., Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., Emily Randall, D-Wash., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
A smaller group of Democrats has announced that they will be skipping the State of the Union but will not be joining the counter event.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, for instance, have made plans to stay at home.
The event comes as Democrats in the past have struggled to tactfully voice opposition to the State of the Union.
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President Donald Trump, center, delivers the 2025 State of the Union.(Jabin Botsford/Getty Images)
Last year, Democrat leadership had hoped to avoid drawing controversy but were unable to restrain members of their party from interrupting the address and creating made-for-TV moments.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, interrupted Trump’s State of the Union in 2025 by standing, waving his gold-studded cane and yelling at the president.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shortly directed the sergeant at arms to remove Green from the floor after he refused to peaceably stand down.
Green did not respond to a request for comment on whether he plans to attend or disrupt Trump’s address on Tuesday, but announced in a press release that he would not be joining interviews with other lawmakers after Trump’s address in one of the nearby office buildings.
“I will continue this [peaceful protest,” Green said.
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Trump gives his joint address to Congress in 2025 and is interrupted by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas(AP)
This year, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has asked members of his caucus to approach the State of the Union along two lines.
“The two options that are in front of us [are] to either attend with silent defiance or not to attend and send a message to Donald Trump in that fashion,” Jeffries said at a press conference last week.
Jeffries himself has said he will attend the State of the Union alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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