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With the Republican dominated Senate set to acquit him on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, President Donald Trump is set to give his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Trump insists that his corrupt dealings with Ukraine were "perfect" and is expected to say the same in his address tonight.
<p>But with a Senate impeachment trial that called no additional witnesses despite new <a href="https://secondnexus.com/donald-trump-bolton-manuscript-witnesses" target="_blank">explosive allegations</a>, coupled with yet another year of the tumult that's come to characterize the Trump administration, it will be hard for many Americans to believe in the superlatives the President will award himself tonight.</p><p><strong>C-SPAN's official Twitter account asked its followers what they believed the State of the Union was.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="778e1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0B4CLN1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224793899128016901" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Fill in the blank:
The State of the Union is _____________.
#sotu</div> β CSPAN (@CSPAN)<a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/statuses/1224793899128016901">1580848595.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>It got real really fast.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="4f18a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MLHYXE1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224818936493084678" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">chaotic and degenerating https://t.co/06V2SbvQK5</div> β Marilyn McDole (@Marilyn McDole)<a href="https://twitter.com/WIActivist/statuses/1224818936493084678">1580854565.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="7a714" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5LC9M81580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224795143040991232" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan Full Propaganda.</div> β π°πππππππ (@π°πππππππ)<a href="https://twitter.com/DemocracyJourno/statuses/1224795143040991232">1580848892.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6e0fd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="UVOU4X1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224796754593402885" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan @brianstelter The most frightening Iβve ever seen it, and I lived through Watergate, 9/11, and other scary stuff.</div> β Jayme Ruimveld (@Jayme Ruimveld)<a href="https://twitter.com/jaymeruimveld/statuses/1224796754593402885">1580849276.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="fff3f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="P6ZA0H1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224794333196492800" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan beyond repair</div> β Resist Ignorance (@Resist Ignorance)<a href="https://twitter.com/th1s2shallpa55/statuses/1224794333196492800">1580848699.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ce865" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BFKTFV1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224798297451384833" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan @medit8now An unmitigated disaster</div> β Patti Capello (@Patti Capello)<a href="https://twitter.com/mrspc48/statuses/1224798297451384833">1580849644.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>With Trump defined by television ratings, some vowed not to watch the address at all.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="830da" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OUZW6S1580857499"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224799210555441154" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan Unwatchable as long as we have a criminal in our White House.</div> β babsjohnson (@babsjohnson)<a href="https://twitter.com/babsjohnson/statuses/1224799210555441154">1580849862.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="abf87" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="FWQ46A1580857500"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224794365316472832" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan not going to be watched by me</div> β MarooInCO (@MarooInCO)<a href="https://twitter.com/LamptonMarie/statuses/1224794365316472832">1580848706.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="a1d57" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LMC1BA1580857500"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224794579783667712" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@cspan Not being shown on my TVs</div> β Jenn In NV ππ (@Jenn In NV ππ)<a href="https://twitter.com/AnnenJennifer/statuses/1224794579783667712">1580848758.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><strong>Even some lawmakers have said they won't attend the address.</strong></p>
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</p><div id="86649" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="JJKE6K1580857500"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224794340272242689" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trumpβs laβ¦ https://t.co/Ag5YaoS7po</div> β Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/statuses/1224794340272242689">1580848700.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b69ba" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="SY2W7G1580857500"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224802310259429377" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">To think that I would attend the #SOTU to hear the message of an IMPEACHED president is a thought that in no way woβ¦ https://t.co/Yv6chIirYe</div> β Maxine Waters (@Maxine Waters)<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/statuses/1224802310259429377">1580850601.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="443dd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="U1POX61580857500"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224792604094627843" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The State of the Union is hurting because of the occupant of the White House, who consistently demonstrates contempβ¦ https://t.co/IRkc5vyVhz</div> β Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley)<a href="https://twitter.com/RepPressley/statuses/1224792604094627843">1580848287.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p>Will you be tuning in?</p><p>For another look into the state of Trump's union, you can <a href="https://amzn.to/37ZIhka" target="_blank">buy A Very Stable Genius here</a><a href="https://amzn.to/37ZIhka"> here</a>.</p>
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