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On Tuesday's broadcast of 'The Late Show,' host Stephen Colbert tore into House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., over his guidance for a 'silent' protest of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address as a 'bold rebrand of doing jack squat.
' 'For Democrats who did attend , Hakeem Jeffries urged members not to make a scene. An approach he dubbed ‘silent defiance’ – which I believe is a bold rebrand of doing jack squat,' Colbert said. 'As Martin Luther King once said, ‘Shhhh,’' he added, displaying a mock quote from Dr. Martin Luther King. SENATE DEM SAYS HE LEFT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS BECAUSE HE COULDN'T ENDURE 'HOURS OF TRUMP'S LIES' Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries for comment but did not immediately hear back. Prior to Tuesday's State of the Union, Jeffries asked members of his caucus to approach the State of the Union in one of two ways. 'The two options that are in front of us 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. Several Democrats decided to attend the 'People's State of the Union' event held near the Lincoln Memorial instead of Trump's address held at the U.S. Capitol. NANCY PELOSI STUMBLES ON CNN AFTER BEING PRESSED ON CALL-OUT AT SOTU OVER CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING The event, described as a rally, was organized by MeidasTouch and MoveOn Civic Action, a pair of left-leaning media and activist groups, and focused on criticisms of Trump’s first year back in office. The event drew senators like Ed Markey, D-Mass., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Tina Smith, D-Minn. On the House side, Democrats who said they'd be in attendance included 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. 5 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SKIP TRUMP STATE OF THE UNION AFTER KEY TARIFF RULING Earlier in the show, Colbert touted those members of the Democratic Party who opted out of attending the president's address. 'One of the big stories tonight was who wasn't there. Roughly 50 Democratic members of the House and Senate plan to forgo the speech,' he noted, citing The Wall Street Journal. 'I wish we were one.' 'The folks who skipped included Sens. Chris Murphy, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley, as well as ‘Merk Manly-Manly Merken.’ Mork and Mindy, Marky Mark and Megan Markle,' Colbert joked. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP A smaller group of Democrats previously announced that they would be skipping the State of the Union but would not be attending the counter event, including Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine. Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
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