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“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.
California Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove was one of the Democrats who left. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that “there’s only so much (expletive) a person can tolerate.”
“Through walking out, my message to Donald Trump is simple: stop the lies, stop the cheating, and stop the stealing - enough is enough. The American people deserve better,” she wrote in a statement.
Democratic Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Maxwell Frost released statements after they left the speech.
"Through walking out, my message to Donald Trump is simple: stop the lies, stop the cheating, and stop the stealing -- enough is enough. The American people deserve better," Kamlager-Dove said.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement after walking out of Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress:
“I decided to attend the Joint Address to ensure that lawmakers who have Americans' best interests at heart would have a presence in the audience. However, what I witnessed tonight was shameful. I walked out of the Joint Address on behalf of the people of California’s 37th District—and because there is only so much bullshit that a person can tolerate.