“Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech [[Seg5 guest trumpsotucongress split]][1] “I couldn’t in good conscience sit there and listen to Trump go on and on with what we knew was going to be hours of lies, gaslighting and maligning the very people that I represent,” says Congressmember Adelita Grijalva on her decision to skip Tuesday’s State of the Union address. “There was no attempt to bring the country together.” [1]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/25/adelita_grijalva_sotu http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/25/adelita_grijalva_sotu