U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has just announced she will not be attending Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.
Calling it a “deeply personal decision” and a “choice I did not take lightly,” the Congresswoman from Queens and the Bronx said: “I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump’s lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution.”
“None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it,” she added on Twitter.
Ocasio-Cortez is at least the fourth Democrat who has announced they will not attend the SOTU. She joins Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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