President Donald Trump on Tuesday night used his State of the Union address to repeatedly attack congressional Democrats as they objected to his immigration policies, while also arguing that his policies were putting more money in the pockets of Americans who have soured on the economy.
The annual address to a joint session of Congress — the longest in U.S. history at 1 hour, 47 minutes and 43 seconds — featured some of the most partisan moments in recent memory, with the chief executive calling Democratic lawmakers “sick people.” Trump and some Democrats raised their voices, pointed fingers at one another and traded insults. The scenes were, in many ways, just another example of the country’s increasingly toxic politics.
“These people are crazy, I’m telling you,” he said, pointing a finger at the Democratic side of the House chamber as he reiterated his opposition to pro-transgender policies. “Democrats are destroying our country, but we’ve stopped it just in the nick of time.”
