Source: NYTimesWhat to Know About the State of the Union Address
By: Elizabeth O’Donnell and Kinley DuRant
The Facts:
On February 4th, President Donald Trump gave his last state of the union dress while in office. Much of the conversation was negative but was then met by almost half of the positive responses as the conversation increased. With a totally of 3.7 Million posts surrounding the event, it clearly was an event to talk about. There were several elements to the occasion that broke the traditional form of the address.
Here is what to know:
- A State of the Union Address is a statement that the president of the United States gives at the start of each year to Congress
- Trump made his case for reelection in the speech
- However, no mention of the impeachment came out of the speech
- Unemployment rate
- Trump spoke heavily of unemployment
- Nancy Pelosi
- She tore up the paper state of address
- Trump did not shake her hand before his speech
- She did not introduce him as Presidents have been historically
- The words “it is my honor” and “highly esteemed” were not used
- White Blazers
- Women honored the anniversary of the 19th Amendment by wear white blazers to the SOTU address
- 54.2 % of the conversations surrounding the Address was negatively correlated
- 45.8 % was positively associated with the event
Based on the surrounding conversation of the event, we can see the political climate is tense and divided. One thing to keep in mind is that this State of the Union Address happens to be occurring in the middle of Trumps impeachment trial that is said to come to a close this Wednesday. Trump is still hoping to get reelected for a second term in office in the coming election.
