Fil-Am congressman slams Trump for sowing chaos in post-speech response
Bobby Scott / FILE PHOTO
LOS ANGELES – Rep. Bobby Scott, the first and only Filipino American member of US Congress, has slammed Pres. Donald Trump for sowing chaos and promoting “his own self-interest” in response to the president’s first address to Congress after his return to the White House.
“Four years after inciting a mob to attack the United States Capitol, President Trump returned to these historic halls to continue his mission: sow chaos and enrich himself and his billionaire friends,” Scott (D-VA), a ranking member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, said in a statement.
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Scott brought with him one of his constituents, retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt, as his guest to Pres. Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.
Scott said Hunt, a former supply technician at the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was fired “without notice or cause” as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce.
“Over the course of six weeks, President Trump has empowered Elon Musk – an unelected billionaire – to take a chainsaw to the core functions of the federal government, leaving thousands of civil service workers jobless,” Scott said.
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla outside of a Tesla showroom, Saturday, March 01, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Hunt and thousands of veterans and other civil servants “have had their lives upended” because of Trump and Musk’s “cruel policies,” he said.
“President Trump has also weakened our national security and our standing on the world stage by abandoning Ukraine, doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin,” he added.
During Trump’s speech, Democrats held up signs with messages like “No King!” “Save Medicaid” and “This Is NOT Normal” and several others staged a walkout, including Reps. Lateefah Simon (California), Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Maxwell Frost (Florida), Melanie Stansbury (New Mexico) and LaMonica McIver (New Jersey).
Congressman Al Green of Texas, who waved his cane at Trump and blurted out repeatedly, “You have no mandate,” was ordered removed after he refused to sit down.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)
“The president was saying he had a mandate, and I was making it clear that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid,” Green told reporters.
“It’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.”
