CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “As President Donald Trump highlighted the number of women who now have jobs thanks to his administration, the record number of Democratic women elected to Congress last year rose to their feet and cheered. The moment during Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night allowed for a rare bipartisan moment, and the president then acknowledged the historic number of women who now serve in Congress, many of whom are Democrats pressing for investigations into his presidency. Trump noted the state of the economy, detailing that ‘no one has benefited more from a thriving economy than women who have filled 58 percent of the newly created jobs last year.’ Many of the freshman Democrats, who were elected to the House during the midterm elections in November, rose to their feet. The women, many wearing white, cheered and raised their arms in the air, drawing all eyes in the House chamber.”
–Christal Hayes, “State of the Union: Trump applauds record number of women in Congress, leading to bipartisan moment,” USA Today, February 5, 2019 11:10 pm