'We're a country of no kings': Rep. Frost talks walking out on Trump's speech - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

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Rep. Maxwell Frost talks with Rachel Maddow about his decision to protest Donald Trump's policies by walking out in the middle of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, and why he is particularly offended at Trump regarding himself as a king. - Aired on 03/04/2025.

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1. Fuck yeah. Now this is how you do it.

"Republican" party with its goddamn traitor king, how dare they even show their faces in the daylight.

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2. Thanks! And welcome to DU!

We're glad to have you with us!

[AmericaUnderSiege]

3. Glad to be here.

Wish someone told me sooner. This is so much freer than most places.

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4. Not only that, but it's the safest place to be during these perilous times

It was 9/11 that prompted me to eventually find solace here, and I still learn something new every day!

[RockCreek]

5. I only found it in 2017

And I wish I had bern here from the start. It would have helped during the Baby Bush years a lot. And in 2016...

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6. I know, I was devastated when George W. Bush* won in 2004, I felt sick for a week

Back then they changed 2 of the major forums into one where DUers could express their anger and the other for those who felt awful and needed sympathy. I posted on the second one. But, looking back, I had no idea how much worse we were in for TWICE in the future.

[RockCreek]

7. I think very few people believed that we would ever be where we are today.

I certainly didn't. I love dystopian novels, but this plot line is so put there I don't think I would have bothered to read a novel based on this reality. I would have thought it too improbable, hallucinatory even.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I sure agree. I still have trouble believing it.

And I can't help wondering what my father and grandparents would think. Yikes! My Dad, uncles and grandfathers all served, both of my grandfathers and my great uncle in war. How can we have a lying draft dodger as Commander in Chief, let alone one who sides with our enemies and turns against our long-time allies, placing our national security in jeopardy??

[RockCreek]

9. I am so glad that my grandparents didn't live to see this.

They were all of the "great generation".

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10. Same here. My grandfather and his closest brother volunteered to serve.

I went to a ceremony a few years ago where my great uncle was presented with the Silver Star. Four of his five children were there to accept it along with two (two congressional districts claimed him) flags that had flown over the U.S. Capitol.