Most Democrats in Arizona’s congressional delegation won’t attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday.
Reps. Adelita Grijalva and Yassamin Ansari have both confirmed they won’t sit in the U.S. House of Representatives for the president’s constitutionally required address to a joint session of Congress.
Neither will Sen. Ruben Gallego, who said it would be a waste of his time.
“There’s a lot of work to be done, and it’s not gonna happen in that chamber for two hours, when the president is just gonna be using that bully pulpit as a way to just push, further and further, his agenda,” the senator said.
Gallego’s seatmate, Sen. Mark Kelly, says he will attend the State of the Union.
Rep. Greg Stanton, the other Democratic from Arizona in Congress, has not confirmed whether or not he plans to watch the president’s address in person.
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