Rep. Davis Not Attending State of the Union Address
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Citing the escalating racist, chauvinistic, jingoistic, divisive rhetoric and actions of the President, Davis proclaimed "I cannot in good conscience stand silently by and watch generations of struggle for equal rights, for civil, human and voting rights, for the rights of women, for social and economic justice be undone from the highest office in the land. Therefore, during the President's 2018 State of the Union Address, I will be in
Davis pointed to
* Acceptance, defense and justification of neo-Nazi, racist, anti-Semitic hate groups in the
* Hateful, grim attacks on the rights of women and the LGBTQ community by Presidential directive
* Calls for the escalation of use of force and the criminal justice system to suppress and repress social and economic crises rather than implement solutions to them
* Bigoted, intolerant, heartless assault on the undocumented and those with Temporary Protected Status
* Refusal to protect our system of democratic elections, his anti-democratic assault on the free press and use of demagogy, falsehoods and social media to bully and hector those he perceives as opponents or "enemies"
* Relentless attacks on the Affordable Care Act and quality, accessible healthcare for the American people
* Greed laced tax bill channeling trillions of dollars to the big corporations and the 1%, nothing for low- and middle income Americans while increasing the deficit and threatening Medicare, Medicaid and
* Empty, phony prescriptions for addressing the opioid crisis and the urgent need to rebuild our crumbling water and sewer systems; our roads and bridges; our schools and community and public health care systems; our power and information grids without federal funding
* Rejection and scorn for science as a guide for policy and eagerness to place short term profit over sustainability even at the cost of global environmental disaster
* Reckless, militaristic foreign policy posturing and threats including the potential use of nuclear weapons and the undermining of diplomacy, international stability,
* Appointment of cabinet members noted for their opposition to, and determination to undo and undermine the mission and responsibilities of their respective departments
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