WHIP LIST: Dems boycotting Trump’s State of the Union

A growing number of Democrats are boycotting Tuesday’s State of the Union address, underscoring the depth of disdain the Democratic lawmakers hold for President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump: If there's no wall, there's no DACA fix Trump appears to call out Samsung over missing FBI text messages Trump Commerce pick told lawmakers he would look at reversing Obama move on internet oversight: report MORE.

Only two Democrats — Reps. Maxine WatersMaxine Moore Waters Juan Williams: High stakes for State of the Union Tomi Lahren: Media wants Trump 'to die' Dingell to bring deported Detroit man's wife to Trump's first State of the Union MORE (Calif.) and Al GreenAlexander (Al) N. GreenHouse rejects Democratic effort to impeach Trump as shutdown looms House Dem vows to bring Trump impeachment vote to floor ‘again and again’ This week: Time running out for Congress to avoid shutdown MORE (Texas) —skipped Trump’s joint address to Congress last year, though more than 60 Democrats boycotted Trump’s inauguration.

This year, boycotts appear to be spiking.

Here’s a running tally of those skipping the address.

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Blumenauer was the first Democrat to announce he would boycott this year’s State of the Union. 

“Rather than listening to yet another destructive and divisive speech by Trump, I will not attend this year’s annual address to Congress,” Blumenauer said in a statement on Jan. 5. 

“Instead, like I did during Trump’s Inauguration, I will be working here at home listening to Oregonians about what they think about the State of the Union.”

Rep. John LewisJohn LewisThousands turn out for Women's March rally in Las Vegas Democrat forces vote over GOP lawmaker's poster on House floor The Trump Presidency: Year One MORE (Ga.)

Lewis, the civil rights icon, said he didn’t want to be in the same room as Trump following his remarks during a private meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy describing Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “shithole countries.” 

“I cannot in all good conscience be in a room with what he has said about so many Americans. I just cannot do it. I wouldn't be honest with myself,” Lewis told MSNBC’s Katy Tur. 

Lewis also boycotted Trump’s inauguration last year. The spat began when Trump said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he did not view Trump as a “legitimate president.” Trump then tweeted that Lewis “should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart,” and described him as “all talk, talk, talk — no action or results. Sad!”

Trump drew bipartisan criticism for failing to acknowledge how Lewis was arrested and beaten by police officers while marching in Selma, Ala., in 1965 during the civil rights movement. 

Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.)

Waters skipped last year’s speech and won’t be coming this year either. The California Democrat’s profile has skyrocketed in the last year for her withering criticism of Trump, earning her the nickname “Auntie Maxine” from fans.

Waters does, however, plan to respond to Trump’s address during a Black Entertainment Television network special. 

Rep. Frederica WilsonFrederica Patricia WilsonThe Trump Presidency: Year One Dingell to bring deported Detroit man's wife to Trump's first State of the Union CBC chairman ponders boycott, demonstration during State of the Union MORE (Fla.)

Trump targeted Wilson last year after she criticized his handling of a call to the widow of a fallen solider, deeming her “wacky” on Twitter.

Wilson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Monday that she won’t attend the State of the Union because of his behavior toward black people.

“To go would be to honor the president and I don't think he deserves to be honored at this time after being so hateful towards black people and then black countries, Haiti and the whole continent of Africa,” Wilson said during an interview on CNN.

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Jayapal plans to spend time with liberal activists instead of attending the State of the Union.

“My refusal to attend the State of the Union, then, is not about policy differences — of which I have many. I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful and adhered to basic moral values or basic tenets of civility and respect,” Jayapal wrote in a Medium post.

Rep. Bobby RushBobby Lee RushThe nearly 60 Dems who voted for impeachment Illinois rep mourns wife's death Black Dem proposes Benghazi-like committee for police shootings MORE (Ill.)

Rush, a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, didn’t mince words while announcing his plans to skip Trump’s address.

“This has been the most chaotic, divisive, and incompetent first year of any administration and I will not sit and watch as Trump pretends that he’s off to a successful start. He’s not,” Rush said in a statement.

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Schakowsky said she will boycott the State of the Union because she refuses “to normalize President Donald Trump and his loathsome language and actions.”

She represents a Chicago-area district where Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump appears to call out Samsung over missing FBI text messages House Judiciary Republican: Comey could be called to testify again Stakes intensify: Mueller seeks to question Trump MORE won 70 percent of the vote, making it no surprise that Schakowsky would note that her constituents have “asked me to resist and they’ve asked me to boycott.”

Rep. Gregory MeeksGregory Weldon MeeksDem: Trump ‘absolutely knows’ he is playing to racists with 's---hole' remark Dem Rep: We’re in an atmosphere of ‘totalitarian’ government Dem lawmaker: Trump is 'a con man' MORE (N.Y.)

Meeks is joining other Black Caucus members who are outraged over Trump’s disparaging remarks about certain nations earlier this month. He’ll instead watch the speech from his office. 

“I cannot give this man, who does not respect me, the respect to be in that audience,” Meeks (D-N.Y.) told MSNBC’s “Politics Nation.” “I will not be there.”

Rep. Danny K. Davis (Ill.)

Davis, another Black Caucus member, will not be attending the State of the Union either. 

“I cannot in good conscience stand silently by and watch generations of struggle for equal rights, for civil, human and voting rights, for the rights of women, for social and economic justice be undone from the highest office in the land,” Davis said, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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Sires, a Cuban immigrant, is skipping the event after condemning Trump’s “shithole” comments earlier this month. 

“The congressman is not attending the State of the Union because many of his constituents are offended by the president's rhetoric and behavior,” a Sires spokeswoman told NJ.com.