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“We asked specifically what American companies who have been contracted with the State Department, contracted with the USAID, have been terminated and why. [Peter Marocco] refused to answer the question,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) said.
“While he contradicted himself, saying that they have detailed documentation on all of the programs, on all of the vendors, and yet somehow he is not able to provide that information.”
“[Peter Marocco] is hiding information about the American companies he’s terminated, about the programs they’ve terminated, about the folks that they wrongfully terminated and then asked to come back,” said Rep. SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE (D-Ca.), after the meeting.
Before Trump was finished,many Democrats had left the hall. “There’s only so much bullshit a person can tolerate,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager–Dove wrote on social media after walking out.
“There’s only so much bullshit a person can tolerate,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a freshman Democrat, posted on X after she walked out on the speech.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove walked out of President Donald Trump’s joint address to the nation’s leaders on Tuesday, March 4, saying she had heard enough.
Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, who represents California’s 37th Congressional District, said she walked out “on behalf of the people” of her Los Angeles-area district.
"Inside the Issues" host Amrit Singh is joined by U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., for reaction to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress. She also shares the possible next steps for Democrats following the speech.
Several House Democrats — including Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) — walked out of the speech several minutes later.
Crockett, Salinas and Dexter revealed shirts that read "RESIST" on the back. Frost's shirt said "NO KINGS LIVE HERE," and Kamlager-Dove's said "PRESIDENT MUSK."
Some members, like Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) just walked out on Trump, the latter saying “there’s only so much bullsh*t a person can take.”
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, is bringing Sylvia Joyner, acting president of the American Federation of Government Local 1534, which represents workers employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of States and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. She also worked at USAID for 34 years before retiring from that agency.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., posted on X that she walked out of the speech because she found the president's remarks "shameful."
"There’s only so much bulls--- a person can tolerate," she wrote.