sotu
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Trump Refused to Shake Nancy Pelosi’s Hand and Other Petty Moments From the State of the Union
The State of the Union under the Trump administration has become a congressional version of the mythical Hater’s Ball. Everyone goes but everyone hates everybody. It’s basically a sorority step show without the stepping. There is more shade being thrown here than all of the Housewives series combined. Even the guests, invited by members of…
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The Root Got an Early Copy of Trump’s State of the Union Speech
On Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, President Trump is set to make his third State of the Union speech amid the backdrop of impeachment. Two fictional, yet, still unnamed sources sent parts of Trump’s State of the Union speech to The Root offices. TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Vice President, Members of…
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Maxine Waters Calls Donald Trump a 'Bluffer' Ahead of the State of the Union Address
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has never bitten her tongue when it comes to expressing her disdain for Donald Trump, the white-supremacist-in-chief. During an interview with The Root, Rep. Waters told us how to push back against Trump’s bully tactics, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership and how she feels empowered by the new crop of black…
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Hey, Bernie Sanders Can You STFU After the SOTU and Let Stacey Abrams Shine?
I thought after the “Bernie Bros.” reportedly ditched their liberal persona and voted for Donald Trump in an effort to “bern” Hillary Clinton that everyone had learned their lesson and informally agreed to play nice. As it stands, we’ve got an orange demigod in the White House who needs to be sent packing in 2020.…
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The Season Finale of This Is Us Will Be Delayed So President Boiled Fanta Can Issue His Little SOTU Address
This is … not cool. According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC’s beloved show This Is Us will be preempted on Feb. 5 so Trump can exude his self-absorbed orange rays through our televisions in the form of the State of the Union address. The “Songbird Road: Part One” episode had already been bumped from its Jan.…
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Move Over, Lois Lane! Hit Comic Features Black, Bisexual Tabloid Reporter
First in Series ‘Sold Out on Day One’ Trump Vents With Reporters Before SOTU Smiley Begins Five-City Tour on Harassment New Mexico Keeps Prisoners Past Release Date Other Cities Eye Cleveland Decision on Wahoo Simeon Booker Has Company as Newspaper Pioneer Mogul Says Arise Network Has Beaten Despair Jacquie Jones Dies at 52, Led Black…
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Trump’s State of the Union Gave Me Life … Not a Life I Wanted, but a Full Life Nonetheless
I just finished watching Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. And to quote former President George W. Bush, “That was some weird shit.” Seriously, that was the absolute worst, most disturbing speech I have ever heard by a major American politician, and I’ve seen Sarah Palin speak live … twice. I was expecting…
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The Root’s State of the Union Drinking Game
If you’re like me, it’s hard to watch a man who looks like a microwaved circus peanut stand in front of a microphone and string together lies for an hour. It has been a decade since we last heard a white State of the Union, so you’re probably going to need something to help you…
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Exclusive: Auntie Maxine Will Have Some Choice Words for Trump During Angela Rye’s State of the Union on BET
Well, even if Tuesday’s State of the Union by President Donald Trump makes you roll your eyes into the very back of your head, there will be a reprieve, children. Political pundit Angela Rye, who has risen to become a prominent voice for a black community under siege, will break it all down during the…
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Six Things I Hope President Obama Says At Tonight's SOTU Address
Tonight will be President Obama’s final State Of The Union address, a culmination of eight years of the most powerful* man in America (and arguably the world) being a Black man from Hawaii. It still hasn’t fully sunk in that I have lived to see a Black man be elected and re-elected. I still remember…