Trump claims big wins, but CT Democrats describe a crisis

Connecticut Public – Wednesday, February 25, 2026
By Lisa Hagen

As President Donald Trump declared that America is in “a turnaround for the ages” during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Connecticut Democrats offered a vastly different assessment of the country during his first year back in office.

Many of them did so outside of the House chamber, choosing to instead boycott the annual address at a time when the government is in its third partial shutdown in the last five months.

Speaking against the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol on a brisk night to a crowd of a few hundred, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., kicked off the “People’s State of the Union” on the National Mall an hour before Trump entered the building to deliver a nearly 2-hour speech.

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