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Some Democratic lawmakers will boycott President Donald Trump’s address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress.
Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, a state hit hard by federal firings, said he has never missed a speech but that the challenges demand “more than sitting in a chamber” listening as if Trump were not “unleashing chaos and cruelty on their lives.”
“These are not normal times,” Connolly said.
Also in Northern Virginia, Rep. Don Beyer, said he’d be rallying this week with federal workers and contractors.
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