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Article snippet: A growing number of Democrats are boycotting Tuesday’s State of the Union address, underscoring the depth of disdain the Democratic lawmakers hold for MORE. Only two Democrats — Reps. MORE (Texas) —skipped Trump’s joint address to Congress last year, though more than 60 Democrats boycotted Trump’s inauguration. This year, boycotts appear to be spiking. Here’s a running tally of those skipping the address. Rep. MORE (Ore.) Blumenauer was the first Democrat to announce he would boycott this year’s State of the Union. “Rather than listening to yet another destructive and divisive speech by Trump, I will not attend this year’s annual address to Congress,” Blumenauer said in a statement on Jan. 5. “Instead, like I did during Trump’s Inauguration, I will be working here at home listening to Oregonians about what they think about the State of the Union.” Rep. MORE (Ga.) Lewis, the civil rights icon, said he didn’t want to be in the same room as Trump following his remarks during a private meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy describing Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “shithole countries.” “I cannot in all good conscience be in a room with what he has said about so many Americans. I just cannot do it. I wouldn't be honest with myself,” Lewis told MSNBC’s Katy Tur. Lewis also boycotted Trump’s inauguration last year. The spat began when Trump said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he did not view Trump as a “legitimate president.” Trump then tweeted th... Link to the full article to read more