I felt like it was tacit approval of what he was doing. And so a large swath of us decided to boycott and to not attend. But here's what happens When large groups of us do not show up, our seats get filled, generally with staff from the majority side. And then it looks and, you know, obviously their staff members of their team will stand up, applaud. And the visual for that is that most, if not all of Congress agrees with whatever the person at the podium is saying. (02:51–02:57)
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