The House impeachment managers, acting as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial, were seated together at the front of the Democrats' section. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN PROTESTMany House Democratic women wore white for a second year in a row, a sign of the suffrage movement that won women the right to vote 100 years ago. Several Democratic lawmakers refused to attend the annual speech to protest Trump, such as liberal firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Democratic women stood and chanted "HR 3" - a reference to a Democratic bill that would lower drug costs. In the televised Democratic response to Trump's speech, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said: "Democrats are trying to make your healthcare better.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2020 05:48 UTC