‘Resist’ shirts and ‘a little disturbance’: key takeaways from Trump’s Congress speech

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1. Democrats voiced their discontent, with one House member even being removed from the chamber As Trump kicked off his speech, he boasted about his electoral victory over Kamala Harris in November, describing his win as “a mandate like has not been seen in many decades”. Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points last year, whereas Biden won it by 4.5 points in 2020. Trump’s electoral college vote count of 312 surpassed Biden’s vote count of 306 in 2020, but Barack Obama secured 332 electoral votes in 2012. Trump’s comment struck a nerve with with Representative Al Green, a...