But knowing Donald Trump and knowing what we've seen in our country over the last several weeks, these are not normal times. This is not a normal White House. This is not a normal Congress. And my view, and a view that I express not just to leadership, but to many of my colleagues, was that we could not and should not pretend that this address is normal in a normal time and a normal situation. (01:01–01:07)
CLAIM
Asserts that the current White House and Congress are not operating under normal circumstances.
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