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Tweets In #stateoftheunion, 30th January 2022
@cheese.toastie 8:46pm
First State of the Union Address kinda nervous
@JennnT
What are you, 1 year old? And why would you be nervous
@cheese.toastie 8:47
Geez, let a guy joke. I just didn't know it was a thing till this year. And I'm nervous Adams will like keel over on the podium or something.
@john-adams-worst-enemy 8:49
Lmao that's pretty likely
@yourmomsbodypillow 8:47 pm
What even is a state of the union
@sentient_tv_remote 8:50
President speaks in front of entire government and ultimately says a whole lotta nothing.
@yourmomsbodypillow 8:50
The entire government?? Isn't that kinda dangerous??
@john-adams-worst-enemy 8:51
Nah it's not like any braincells would be lost if they all died
@sentient_tv_remote 8:51
Plus they have like one guy sit out just in case
@yourmomsbodypillow 8:51
I feel like we need more than one guy…
@sentient_tv_remote 8:55 pm
They're walking in and I'm crossing off cabinet members in my mind to find who's in the naughty corner
@JennnT 8:56
Naughty corner 😅 it really is the worst kept secret that the DS is just whoever the president hates most
@yourmomsbodypillow 8:58
That doesn't sound like the best idea???
@sentient_tv_remote 8:59
They mostly just rely on the hope that that won't happen.
@john-adams-worst-enemy 8:58
Seen a lot of talk about the Designated Survivor. Look, I'm not saying it's a good idea but at this point ANYONE but Adams would be preferable
@willd3lan96🇺🇸 8:59
Jfc what is wrong with Adams?? Seeing tweets like this just pisses me off. He has a family, a life.
@john-adams-worst-enemy 9:00
The fact that you can't tell this is a joke is laughable. I don't actually wish death on him. It'd be kinda nice if he would actually deliver any of his campaign promises, though.
@willd3lan96🇺🇸 9:03
What about his budget reforms? Best improvements in a century.
@john-adams-worst-enemy 9:03
Not gonna debate any longer than this because i think the old fart is gonna start speaking soon, but mate. By budget reforms, do you mean cutting Medicaid?? actually read the bills you're talking about Jeez.
@Clara.P🇬🇧 9:00pm
As a Brit with nothing better to do than watch this speech, can any American explain the difference between this and a royal decree?
@john-adams-worst-enemy 9:02
Just the time zone difference.
@cheese.toastie 9:03
Lmaoooo
@willd3lan96🇺🇸 9:04 pm
Good luck to @PresJohn.Adams for tonight!! Can't wait to see the speech!!
@TheDemocrats 9:05
✊️✊️
@JennnT 9:06
Can't wait to see if his speech had more or less words than that reply from the party.
@Clara.P🇬🇧 9:15 pm
Does the speech start to get… interesting?
@john-adams-worst-enemy 9:16
Ha. Nope.
@sentient_tv_remote
It's always a big nothing-burger
@cheese.toastie 9:18 pm
Did anyone else's TVs just cut out? Or is mine just fucked up?
@yourmomsbodypillow 9:18
Mine just cut out too! Maybe it's a camera problem?
@rachelthompson02 9:18
Unlikely, they have heaps so they'd just cut to a different one if one malfunctioned. Maybe it's a network thing? Where are yall watching from?
@Clara.P🇬🇧 9:18
Don't think it's dependent on location. I'm in London and mine’s gone dark too.
@john-adams-worst-enemy 9:19
Check the news. No idea what it is but something’s happened in DC.
@LaurenJames77 9:19 pm
In DC and I think we just had an earthquake????
@rachelthompson02 9:19
Earthquake in DC is insane, what the hell? Maybe that's what's caused the outage of State of the Union footage?
@LaurenJames77 9:19
Nevermind. Just looked out the window of this bar and that was NOT an earthquake.
@rachelthompson02 9:20
That's so cryptic wtf??
@CNNbrk 9:21pm
BREAKING NEWS: Eyewitness reports explosion in or near the US Capitol Building. Extent of damage or any casualties currently unknown.
LIVE UPDATES as we learn more.
@cheese.toastie 9:21
Holy Shit.
@Clara.P🇬🇧 9:22
Praying for all my American friends 🫂
@sentient_tv_remote 9:22
If there was an explosion, the cameras wouldn't immediately cut out? Wouldn't we have seen them start to evacuate?
@rachelthompson02 9:23
Not if the cameras also blew up.
@sentient_tv_remote 9:24
But that'd be HUGE. Holy crap.
@sentient_tv_remote 9:28 pm
Don't want to raise alarm as we don't know any details yet but from my counting I think the DS tonight was the treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton. Could be wrong though, not sure if I spotted HUD or Agriculture either but it's pretty well known that Adams doesn't like Hamilton.
@willd3lan96🇺🇸 9:30
‘don't want to raise alarm’ my ass. There isn't a single confirmed casualty.
@LaurenJames77 9:31
In DC right now. Definitely not extreme to be saying. The streets are filled with black smoke.
@CNNbrk 9:40 pm
BREAKING NEWS: At least 200 confirmed dead after explosion at Capitol Building, Including President Adams and Vice President Pinckney.