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Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night", an episode of Megyn Kelly published February 24, 2026 (11 min, about 1,891 words). It mentions 27 people, works and ideas, including State of the Union, Donald Trump, Abigail Spamber, Portland Frog Brigade, State of the Swamp.

What this episode is about

Synopsis: The piece discusses planned Democratic protests around Trump's State of the Union, noting internal tensions between establishment and progressive factions and predicting potential absences and alternative gatherings. It emphasizes contrasting tactics and hints at ongoing partisan rhetoric.

Key takeaways

  • Trump's rhetoric will aim for spectacle, not policy, underscoring a presidency built on brand over substance.
  • Democratic dynamics: progressives create disruption; moderates fear echo chambers, risking a party identity crisis.
  • Spangled by controversy: Abby Spamber as a symbolic pick signals a risk-averse, optics-driven pivot.
  • Anti-State of the Union protests reveal a party wrestling between unity and factional leverage, not cohesion.
  • Media literacy frailty: swirling claims about frogs, lies, and hashtags show how narrative trumps nuance in punditry.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: State of the Union, Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joy Reid
  2. – 6:00: Abigail Spamber, Wes Moore, State of the Union, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  3. – 9:00: State of the Union, Donald Trump, Portland Frog Brigade, inflatable frog costumes
  4. – 11:09: Birch Gold Group, State of the Union, Gold, Digital Currency

Notable quotes from "Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night"

  • This year a bunch of them are going to skip, at least the progressives may skip. AOC is going to skip reportedly the State of the Union. And they're gonna hold their own State of the Union like gathering hosted by Joy Reid.
    about State of the Union · at
  • Because he just insulted black people by telling them basically they're all dumb and can't read. You can't go with Wes Moore of Maryland because even though he was the rising…
    about Wes Moore · at
  • Hear the name Abigail Spamber is Winom Sears. Abigail. Abigail. Abigail. Say something. Abigail on the trans policies in Virginia. I guess they think she's great. She's the…
    about trans policies · at
  • This is just It's kind of where careers go to die. So, we'll see how Abigail does tomorrow night. I do not have high hopes. And now, I guess there's also going to be all these protests of the State of the Union. You.
    about Abigail Spamber · at
  • The National Mall, members of the House and the Senate who are boycotting. It's also going to be senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Holland…
    about Adam Schiff · at
  • He's pulling his wheelie suitcase and he's skipping Portland Frog Brigade is going on a special mission. Let's just say this is going to be one for the history books.
    about Portland Frog Brigade · at
  • Or ugly. in support or not. And this has been coming for a while. remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump's speech right after he finished it? and now Barack Obama chastising the Supreme Court within like 10 ft of them to their.
    about Donald Trump · at
  • Years, and a never-ending list of reasons smart Americans diversify a portion of their savings into precious metals with Birch Gold Group. Gold can thrive during uncertainty…
    about Birch Gold Group · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Donald Trump — Person · Central referenced figure · 3 mentions · first at
    He is described as delivering the State of the Union and is the focal point of Democratic opposition events and protests.
  • Abigail Spamber — Person · Referenced political figure · 3 mentions · first at
    Presented as the Democrats' chosen official responder; the speaker critiques her style and positions, especially on school trans policies.
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Person · Referenced political figure · 2 mentions · first at
    Cited as a prominent progressive reportedly skipping the State of the Union and associated with alternative Democratic events.
    This year a bunch of them are going to skip, at least the progressives may skip. AOC is going to skip reportedly the State of the Union. And they're gonna hold their own State of the Union like gathering hosted by Joy Reid.
  • Joy Reid — Person · Referenced media figure · 2 mentions · first at
    Described as hosting an alternative Democratic gathering in lieu of attending the State of the Union; the speaker strongly criticizes her.
    Skip. AOC is going to skip reportedly the State of the Union. And they're gonna hold their own State of the Union like gathering hosted by Joy Reid.
  • Wes Moore — Person · Referenced political figure · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as a previously touted Democratic 'rising star' who, per the speaker, is now politically damaged by alleged biography/origin-story falsehoods.
  • Adam Schiff — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Named as one of the senators participating in the boycott/alternative event.
  • Donald C. Murphy — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Named as one of the senators participating in the boycott/alternative event.
    The National Mall, members of the House and the Senate who are boycotting. It's also going to be senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Holland…
  • Senator Tina Smith — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Named as one of the senators participating in the boycott/alternative event.
    And the Senate who are boycotting. It's also going to be senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Holland of Maryland. So, he made it out to go…
  • Chris Van Holland — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Named as boycotting; the speaker criticizes him with a Venezuela-related aside.
    Also going to be senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Holland of Maryland. So, he made it out to go have a cocktail with someone at Secot in…
  • Nancy Pelosi — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Used as an example of escalating partisan norm-breaking at the State of the Union (tearing up Trump's speech).
    Or ugly. in support or not. And this has been coming for a while. remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump's speech right after he finished it? and now Barack Obama chastising the Supreme Court within like 10 ft of them to their.
  • Barack Obama — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as having 'upended' State of the Union norms by chastising the Supreme Court in-person, per the speaker.
    He might. But you just remember to yourself, it's not going to make it right. Barack Obama was the one who first crossed that bridge. He was the one who upended that norm. And…
  • Governor Gavin Newsom — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Raised as an example of a Democrat they 'can't go with' for the response, per the speaker, due to alleged controversial remarks.
    AOC. She's not even showing up and she just embarrassed herself on the world stage. You can't go with Gavin Newsome because he just insulted black people by telling them…
  • Mikey Sanders — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as one of the few who performed well delivering an official response (used as a benchmark for the role).
    Let's see how that goes. As you guys know, this is a curse job. Very few have done it well. Sarah Huckabe Sanders is like one of the only ones, but last year went very poorly…
  • Katie Britt — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an example of a poorly received official response in a prior year.
    Done it well. Sarah Huckabe Sanders is like one of the only ones, but last year went very poorly or two years ago for Katie Britt. Remember that? That was awful. Marco Rubio with the water.
  • Marco Rubio — Person · Referenced political figure · 1 mention · first at
    Referenced as another example of an awkward/infamous response moment ('with the water').
    Went very poorly or two years ago for Katie Britt. Remember that? That was awful. Marco Rubio with the water.

Companies & orgs

  • Portland Frog Brigade — Organization · Referenced protest group · 2 mentions · first at
    Identified as co-hosting an anti-Trump 'State of the Swamp' event and known for appearing in inflatable frog costumes.
  • National Review — Organization · Referenced media outlet · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as the source for reporting/analysis about Democrats' reactions to last year's State of the Union optics.
    They've realized that their little placards sucked. And I guess what happened according to the National Review, they wrote an article about this about what happened after last year was the normie Democrats were so humiliated.

Concepts & topics

  • inflatable frog costumes — Concept · Symbol / protest tactic · 2 mentions · first at
    Described as the Portland Frog Brigade's visual protest gimmick and mocked as unserious political theater.
    Portland Frog Brigade. This is a protest group that shows up to protests in inflatable frog costumes. Feast your eyes on this.
  • Gold — Concept · Advertised asset / core ad topic · 1 mention · first at
    The sponsor segment argues for holding gold/precious metals as a hedge and retirement diversification strategy.
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  • trans policies — Concept · Policy topic · 1 mention · first at
    Raised in connection with Abigail Spamber and school policy debates; used to characterize her political positioning.
  • inflation — Concept · Macro risk cited in ad · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as a driver for gold's appeal and a reason to diversify savings into precious metals.
    International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency.
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    Used as part of the sponsor's rationale for gold as a hedge during uncertainty.
    International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency.
  • national debt — Concept · Macro risk cited in ad · 1 mention · first at
    Included in the sponsor's list of economic concerns motivating gold investment.
    International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency.
  • Digital Currency — Concept · Macro risk cited in ad · 1 mention · first at
    Listed among uncertainties used to justify buying gold via the sponsor's pitch.
    International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency.

Places & events

  • State of the Union — Event · Core topic · 10 mentions · first at
    The episode centers on expectations, optics, and planned boycotts/protests around the upcoming State of the Union address.
  • State of the Swamp — Event · Referenced protest event · 1 mention · first at
    An alternative livestreamed event positioned against Trump and the State of the Union, co-hosted by activist groups.
    And this State of the Swamp, which will be live streamed from 7 to 11:00 at the National Press Club. This is going to be hosted by defiance.org, an anti-Trump organization, and by the.

Sponsors

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Full transcript with timestamps

There is the state of the union tomorrow night. President Trump will take to the lect turn uh in the well of the US capital and probably say the state of our union is strong or he'll say it's amazing. It's unbelievable. Um spectacular. And I don't know who's going to be there because the Democrats have apparently learned that they made fools of themselves last year. remember with the little placards false lie. Remember how ridiculous they were? We laughed and laughed. Remember how they didn't stand for little Daniel, the aspiring police officer? Um how they didn't stand for the cancer victims?

They didn't stand for Lake and Riley's family. Nobody nobody was sympathetic enough to make the Democrats stand and clap a little. Nope. they weren't going to do it no matter how heartless and disgusting they looked. Well, this year they've realized that their little placards sucked. And I guess what happened according to the National Review, they they wrote an article about this about um what happened after last year was the the normie Democrats were so humiliated by the like far-left progressive Democrats who brought those little placards to the State of the Union that there was blowback against them. Like, what are you doing? You're making us all look stupid. And then like the Democrats out in the wild got mad at the establishment Dems for yelling at the progressive Dems. Like, at least they're doing something. Oh, they're little lie placard. Okay, that's if that's doing something. Okay. And so then the normie

Democrats got worried that they look like they were too weak. And so I guess this year a bunch of them are going to skip, at least the progressives may skip. AOC is going to skip reportedly the State of the Union. And they're gonna hold their own State of the Union like gathering hosted by Joy Reid. Okay, sure. I love it. This is gonna send just the right message about where your party is and who it sees as its leaders. a woman who absolutely hates whites, who is too extreme even for MSNBC, who first came to fame by faking a blog hacking to cover up her uh trans phobic, no homophobic and um other bigoted posts. Remember her lies about how she got hacked? It was a lie. Then she had to say the FBI was investigating, which was another lie. and she got away with that lie because she's a leftist black woman and they'll let you get away with anything if you're a black woman as a Democrat.

So that's who's going to be hosting I guess their anti-state of the union and guess who they're having do their official response. You know how the party out of power always has a response. It's unbelievable. They went like there are some people who've got some charisma but I guess the problem for them is they can't go with like an AOC. She's not even showing up and she just embarrassed herself on the world stage. You can't go with Gavin Newsome because he just insulted black people by telling them basically they're all dumb and can't read. You can't go um with Wes Moore of Maryland because even though he was the rising star in the Democrat party about six months ago, he's been caught in more origin story lies um than what was the name of that guy who wrote a million little pieces, James Fry. like he this guy everything he said about his backstory appears to have been a lie about his father having to flee the

racist south and move to Jamaica to avoid I don't know like Jim Crow that turned out to be all lies and like documented um his own story about his bronze star having been awarded one he wasn't that was a lie there are many more stories that he's told about his origins that turned out to be lies and um his his like poor upbringing in Baltimore. No, not true. He had money. He had advantages. These are lies, too. And so, they can't go with Wes Moore. So, guess who they went for? They went with Abigail Spamber. Abigail Spamber. Like the the one like she looks like she has no pigment. I mean, I realize I'm very pasty, too, so I'm in a glass house, but she has even less pigment than I do. There is no pigment in Abigail Spamber's face. Look at it tomorrow night. It's like completely white as a sheet. There's no like put on some colored lips at least like a little pigment, a little like pink, a little red, a little, you know,

whatever, brown, something to make us see that there are lips. And maybe try a personality. All I can think of when I hear the name Abigail Spamber is Winom Sears. Abigail. Abigail. Abigail. Say something. Abigail on the the trans policies in Virginia. I guess they think she's great. She's the future of the party because she managed to get elected in Virginia and take Governor Ynan's seat even though she's protrans agenda in schools just by dodging. She set the new way forward by dodging, dodge, dodge, dodge. And she's already turning Virginia I mean deep blue. So, okay, let's see how that goes. As you guys know, this is a curse job. Very few have done it well. Sarah Huckabe Sanders is like one of the only ones, but last year went very poorly or two years ago for Katie Britt. Remember that? That was awful. Um, Marco Rubio with the water.

This is just It's kind of where careers go to die. So, we'll see how Abigail Abigail does tomorrow night. I do not have high hopes. And now, I guess there's also going to be all these protests of the State of the Union. You know, maybe it's going to be the Joy Reed event. Maybe it's going to be like all over the place. I'm not sure. Maybe it's going to be at an AOC event, but the Democrats are getting these the frog brigades ready. Okay, I've got to find this cuz I I've got to show you. Um it's like first of all, I thought the frog I've been reliably told that the frog is like a white supremacist symbol. So, I don't know why they're going for these frogs as their like little spokespeople, these people who are trying to boycott the State of the Union, but they are.

And they um have got these I don't know who else is Hakee Jeff. Oh yeah, he told reporters that it was his impresent intention to be at the State of the Union, but he might skip too. There are others and um Okay, I'm looking at it here. Held on the National Mall, members of the House and the Senate who are boycotting. It's also going to be uh senators Adam Schiff, Chris Murphy, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Chris Van Holland of Maryland. So, he made it out to to go have a cocktail with someone at Secot in Venezuela, but he's not going to be able to make it to the State of the Union.

And this State of the Swamp, which will be live streamed from 7 to 11:00 uh at the National Press Club. This is going to be hosted by defiance.org, an anti-Trump organization, and by the Portland Frog Brigade. This is a protest group that shows up to protests in inflatable frog costumes. Feast your eyes on this.

wondering in my He's pulling his wheelie suitcase and he's skipping Portland Frog Brigade is going on a special mission. Let's just say this is going to be one for the history books. So, they've chosen uh an alleged symbol of white supremacy as their mascot to go boycott the State of the Union by the president. Can I just say this is like another new low. Look at these ridiculous things. This is how they're going to stand up and fight. This is better than the placards, is it? But it's it's another new low because as divided as we've been in the past, everyone shows up at the State of the Union. Like you don't boycott. It's another one of those events that the American people expect to see all of their lawmakers present for, good, bad, or ugly. in support or not. And this has been coming for a while. You know, remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump's speech right after he finished it? Um, and now

Barack Obama chastising the Supreme Court within like 10 ft of them to their faces. Now, is President Trump going to do that tomorrow night when the Supreme Court that just ruled against him on tariffs is sitting there, members of it? He might. But you just remember to yourself, it's not going to make it right. Barack Obama was the one who first crossed that bridge. He was the one who upended that norm. And now the Democrats are upending yet another by not showing. I mean, several US senators not going to show up to the event, holding their own event with the frog, the inflatable fraud. All right.

What are we doing? Grow up. Cheer for the wins at the Olympics. Celebrate the athletes. Stop shoving politics down their throats and making them comment on them. Don't be an idiot who needs therapy and gets digestive issues when you cheer for Team USA. Show up at the State of the Union. Clap for the cancer survivors. Clap when they show the men's and the women's hockey team. The women's team has al also been invited, though less clear whether they're going to be there. Act like a patriot in America, a countryloving citizen. Okay? And then go out there and fight tooth and nail on policy. I I don't know why I'm doing them this favor of telling them how they're supposed to behave, but I know as you as well as you do, they're not going to listen.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), Joy Reid (Guest), Abigail Spamber (Guest), Wes Moore (Host), Adam Schiff (Guest), Chris Murphy (Guest), Tina Smith (Guest), Chris Van Hollen (Guest).

What is "Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night" about?

Synopsis: The piece discusses planned Democratic protests around Trump's State of the Union, noting internal tensions between establishment and progressive factions and predicting potential absences and alternative gatherings. It emphasizes contrasting tactics and hints at ongoing partisan rhetoric.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

27 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including State of the Union, Donald Trump, Abigail Spamber, Portland Frog Brigade, State of the Swamp, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Democrats Plan RIDICULOUS Protests of Trump's State of the Union Speech Tomorrow Night"?

The episode runs 11 min; the transcript is about 1,891 words in 14 timestamped sections.

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