The MeidasTouch Podcast Trump Panics as SOTU Boycott Hits 70 Members
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Feb 25, 2026 A blow-by-blow report on more than 70 members skipping the State of the Union and attending a rival People’s SOTU. Heated reactions from Fox, Newsmax, and GOP leaders get called out. Coverage includes media briefing behavior, protest symbolism like teal scarves, and attention-grabbing guests spotlighting ICE abuses.
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Boycott Reached Historic Scale
- The People's State of the Union boycott grew into a major political statement with over 70 members planning to skip Trump's speech.
- Ben Meiselas highlights the boycott as historic scale and a coordinated refusal to normalize what they call an authoritarian administration.
Media Frames Versus Protest Motives
- Fox hosts and MAGA allies framed the boycott as petty and inexplicable, trying to recast it as jealousy over Trump's 'success.'
- Ben contrasts that media spin with the boycott's stated motive: not normalizing authoritarianism.
Conservative Hosts Whine About Boycott
- Ben plays clips of conservative commentators whining about the boycott and accuses them of acting as state regime media.
- He specifically calls out Ari Fleischer and Newsmax segments that labeled Democrats intolerant and disrespectful.