{"id":46904,"date":"2026-02-26T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46904"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:35:50","slug":"watched-by-millions-peoples-state-of-the-union-counters-unhinged-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/watched-by-millions-peoples-state-of-the-union-counters-unhinged-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Watched by Millions, \u2018People\u2019s State of the Union\u2019 Counters Unhinged Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/the-people-s-state-of-the-union-rally-and-boycott-outside-the-capitol-in-washington-d-c.jpg?id=65016636&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C162%2C0%2C505\" alt=\"The People's State Of The Union Rally And Boycott Outside The Capitol In Washington D.C.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MoveOn executive director Katie Bethell speaks at the People\u2019s State of the Union rally and boycott on the National Mall on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for MoveOn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected,\u201d said Rep. Summer Lee.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 25, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;prepared to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-food-stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">applause from sycophantic Republicans<\/a>, dozens of Democratic lawmakers, progressive advocates, and people impacted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;policies gathered on the National Mall to present an alternative assessment of the country\u2019s trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected,\u201d said Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), preempting Trump\u2019s claim of a \u201cgolden age of America\u201d despite rising costs, deepening&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/inequality\">inequality<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/01\/20\/opinion\/editorials\/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">staggering corruption<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-voters-regret\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/maga-hat-on-fire.jpg?id=63931964&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=333%2C0%2C334%2C0\" alt=\"maga hat on fire\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-voters-regret\">Three-Time Trump Voter Calls C-SPAN to Apologize for \u2018Supporting This Rotten, Rotten Man\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-racist-obama-video\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/2024-democratic-national-convention-day-2.jpg?id=63907886&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"2024 Democratic National Convention: Day 2\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-racist-obama-video\">Racist Trump Denounced for Sharing Vile Video Depicting Obamas as Monkeys<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While many Democratic lawmakers opted to attend Trump\u2019s speech,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2026352779967541275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>&nbsp;they did not want the president to deliver his remarks to a House of Representatives full of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/republicans\">Republicans<\/a>, Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/chris-murphy\">Chris Murphy<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Conn.) told the crowd gathered blocks from the US Capitol that \u201cthese are not normal times, and Democrats have to stop behaving normally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full counter-rally, which organizers\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeidasTouch\/status\/2026516709029589126\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0millions watched online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People\u2019s State of the Union\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yB8C15PRfDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those who joined Democratic lawmakers at the People\u2019s State of the Union were Epstein survivors and people harmed by the Trump administration\u2019s lawless assault on immigrants, assault on the social safety net, and other policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/greg-casar\">Greg Casar<\/a>&nbsp;(D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said during his remarks at Tuesday\u2019s rally that \u201cI\u2019m not in the Capitol building tonight because I have a pretty good idea of what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor an hour or two or three or four, a man who\u2019s made $4 billion off of being president is going to lecture you, the American people, about how good you have it,\u201d said Casar. \u201cA man who is building himself a golden ballroom is going to tell you that if you\u2019re struggling to get by, that\u2019s your fault, because he\u2019s killing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone but Donald Trump\u2019s rich friends knows that it\u2019s a disaster,\u201d Casar added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/jake-johnson\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MoveOn executive director Katie Bethell speaks at the People\u2019s State of the Union rally and boycott on the National Mall on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for MoveOn) \u201cWe live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/watched-by-millions-peoples-state-of-the-union-counters-unhinged-trump\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46906,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904\/revisions\/46906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}