That Trump deliberately chose to do so on the 107th anniversary of Rosa Parks' birthday, no less, was nothing more than a great big "Eff You" to the 54% of Americans who didn't vote for him.

So, Mahalo Nui Loa to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for publicly ripping up Trump's speech last night in front of a live national TV feed. I don't know how any of you feel about her actions, but she certainly speaks for me:

"The manifesto of mistruths presented in page after page of the address tonight should be a call to action for everyone who expects truth from the President and policies worthy of his office and the American people. The American people expect and deserve a President to have integrity and respect for the aspirations for their children."

White House thought there would be at least one Democrat supporting acquittal
From CNN's Kaitlan Collins

In the days leading up to today's final vote, White House officials were confident in the outcome: President Trump would be acquitted. So instead they focused on having a bipartisan impeachment vote.

And with Sen. Romney's announcement he will vote yes on the articles, there will be a bipartisan vote -- just not the one Trump's impeachment team wanted.

In discussions with Trump in the last several days, aides reassured him they could likely get at least one red state Democrat to vote for his acquittal, focusing on Doug Jones, Kyrsten Sinema or Joe Manchin.

Today, all three of those Democrats announced they would vote to convict Trump.

Officials seemed the most confident that Manchin would vote to acquit, based on conversations aides had with Republican senators in recent days. Then, moments before the vote Wednesday, Manchin announced he's voting yes on both articles.

"I did not expect this," one official texted about the decision.

"I feel very liberated. I feel as though I've extended every possible courtesy. I've shown every level of respect. I say to my members all the time there's no such thing as personal animosity. There are eternal friendships but you never know on what cause you may come together with somebody you may have perceived as your foe right now. Everybody is a possible ally in whatever comes next. E Pluribus Unum. From many, one. They didn't know how many we'd be or how different we'd be. But they wanted us always to remember we were one and they, our founders, had their differences, as do we. I extended a hand of friendship to him, to welcome him as the president of the United States, to the people's House. It was also an act of kindness because he looked to me like he was a little sedated. He looked that way last year, too. But he didn't want to shake hands, that was that. That meant nothing to me. That had nothing to do with my tearing up [his speech]. That came much later. [...] I saw the compilation of falsehoods, and I thought, there has to be something that clearly indicates to the American people that this [speech] is not the truth. He has shredded the truth in his speech. He's shredding the Constitution in his conduct. I shredded his state of his mind address."

LOL. That wasn't a state of the union - it was a state of mind.

Ripping up the speech was the only moment for the SOTU worth remembering. Tweeter tsunami from the Republicans, including, of course, Trump and his minions such as Pompeo, are serving to eclipse the acrid screed, although the awarding of the presidential medal of freedom by Melania to Rush Limbaugh as a part of the SOTU will remain front and center., leaving behind in the dust the award of the medal to Bill Cosby by George W. Bush and to Strom Thurmond by George H.W. Bush    Hard to out vile Rush although his contemptible---Michelle Obama is a gorilla in heels-- may have endeared him to Trump and clinched the deal.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Wednesday announced that he will vote to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial,

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 Moments after the acquittal vote, Grassley and Johnson announce their request for Hunter Biden's travel records from Secret Service