CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of using Nixonian intimidation tactics during his State of the Union address when he denounced ‘ridiculous partisan investigations,’ vowing to press on with their probes into the president’s administration, campaign and personal finances…Connolly’s disgust — accentuated by his head-shaking as he left the chamber — came just moments after Trump took an implicit dig at House Democrats, who are launching wide-ranging investigations that could soon ensnare the president and his associates…Democrats said they were stunned that Trump used the platform to push back on the various investigations. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that even though Trump spoke of the honor of being in the House chamber to deliver the State of the Union, ‘he threatened the United States Congress not to exercise its constitutional responsibility of oversight’.”
–Andrew Desiderio, “Democrats condemn Trump’s ‘shameful’ attack on investigations,’ Politico, February 6, 2019 12:12 am