President Trump spent his last two speeches to Congress surrounded by men. “Madam Speaker,” Trump said as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took her seat above him on the dais, beaming. Caption Delayed by a week because of the partial government shutdown, Trump makes his second State of the Union speech, which is also his third address to a joint session of Congress. Later, when Trump credited women with filling 58 percent of the new jobs created in the last year, the Democratic women stood and cheered. USA!”Before the speech, Democrats’ new gains in power were evident in the chamber.
Source: Washington Post February 06, 2019 02:31 UTC