Can you feel that State of the Union Address excitement? https://t.co/z3aV4pK5zu
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
Who's performing at halftime of this year's State of the Union Address?
We can scoff at five Democratic responses to Trump's State of the Union Address, but this door opened when Michele Bachmann decided she would give “the Tea Party response” in 2011.https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/ID0VctKoIC
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
They’re fools, anyway. The job of responding to the State of the Union address is cursed, and terrible fates befall just about everyone who does it.https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/zTGv58kQap
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
Jim Wright, Bob Dole, Trent Lott, Dick Gephardt, Tom Daschle, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius, Bobby Jindal, Bob McDonnell, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio — they all had bad luck or tough defeats after giving the SOTU response.https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/h6nktfqGCc
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
Plus, I found a few more easily-forgotten cases of lawmakers having terrible luck or terrible fates after giving the State of the Union Response. (1/5)
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
In 1986, Governor Eugene Gatling gave the response to President Reagan; his reelection bid was impeded by the infamous “unresolved election” of that year. (2/5)https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/W2LdJ8W3zO
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
In 1999, Senator David Palmer of Maryland gave the address, and years later, after a tumultuous career of many long days and constantly being up against the clock, he was assassinated by a vast conspiracy. (3/5)https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/RzQImi1c8Q
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
In 2000, Senator Robert Kelly gave the response, and later that year, he was turned into a giant mutant jellyfish. (4/5)https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/jIl9ulh7kI
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
Finally, in 2012, Congressman Nicholas Brody gave the response, and within one year, he was executed in Iran. Remember, people, never volunteer to give a response to the State of the Union.https://t.co/g0jy54lfwg pic.twitter.com/P6Z4Yi8ZD0
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 30, 2018
One of our favorite Joes will deliver #SOTUResponse. #SOTUhttps://t.co/TxiP8kH4Dl
— Democrats Abroad (@DemsAbroad) January 26, 2018
Maxine Waters Is Giving A National Address On BET After Trump’s State Of The Union https://t.co/hGniIYTqYW @Richzeoli Welp. #SOTUResponse
— Daniel Snyder (@danmsnyder) January 27, 2018
