I'll be honest this is SO EGREGIOUS and OUTRAGEOUS I assumed the reporting got it wrong.

[Eliot Rosewater]

Washington (CNN)It appears Democratic leaders in Congress were left off the guest list for President Donald Trump's first state dinner at the White House on Tuesday. Still, at least one Democratic politician was invited -- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and his wife are set to attend the dinner, his office confirmed.

On Monday, representatives for the top four Democratic leaders in Congress -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer -- told CNN that their offices did not receive an invitation to the dinner with the French president.

Has this happened ever or in the past 60 years?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/politics/congress-state-dinner-democrats/index.html

I am hearing NO MEDIA allowed either, well no REAL media.

[FarPoint]

1. This is TRUE...

We are not part of tRumps country.... formerly known as America.

[mcar]

2. I don't think so Eliot

Dotard and company are a collective of petty boors.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. So he is actively working to remove us from the country. I see.

His deplorable filth, those SIXTY MILLION are on board with that I see.

[mcar]

9. I've heard nothing about it on CNN

Granted, there's a lot going on. but it merits a mention, IMO.

[Wwcd]

3. Surely FOX will cover it

[Me.]

5. Crass, Petty, Vindictive, Mean-Spirited, Vulgar, Boorish

Not someone I'd want to have dinner with. Bet they're secretly thanking their lucky stars they don't have to sit there and listen to that abscess.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. French govt MUST decline now. dammit

[Me.]

8. They Won't

Because they have a leader who knows how to behave on the world stage

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. the proper behavour here is to decline. Rump is purposely trying to divide AMerica and start

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a civil war

Can you imagine FDR flying to Germany to have dinner with Hitler in 1941?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. No. Proper diplomatic behavior is to pretend domestic internal political squabbles can't be seen.

A head of state invited to a state dinner by the corresponding head of state can't break the acceptance of the invitation just because of something occuring below their mutual pay grades that is contained entirely within one nation or the other.

Any reaction to an internal battle is taking sides and risks being interpreted as interference. Alliances have been broken for less. Exceptions would be for unmistakeable violations of civil rights or a pointed insult. For example if tRump invited a wanted French criminal out on bail during extradition proceedings, then the French President would have diplomatic cause for an issue that crosses boundaries.

tRump is getting cocksure and vindictive. It will not end well for him.

[Mr. Ected]

7. Looks like he got his wall after all

A different kind of wall. A wall that insulates him and neutralizes us. Frankly, it's abominable.

[Butterflylady]

11. Of course not,

Wouldn't want anyone with intelligence there.

[democratisphere]

12. We are not a part of drumpf's amirka, thankfully.

With Macron now becoming a drumpfer, why would Democrats even care about this GOP/drumpf State Dinner?!

[ploppy]

13. A bunch of ill mannered hicks

and clowns.

[Nevernose]

15. They are not ill mannered hicks

They are ill-mannered, urbane sophisticates.

I think where you’re getting confused is that it was ill-mannered hicks that voted for the wealthy elitist boors that so clearly understand the problems of the “little man” so much better than the middle class daughter of a small business owner who is still married (and living in a Tammy Wynette song at times) to a guy who didn’t have running water until he was 12 yet still earned his way into Yale.

I also think many people forget just why Trump understands the plight of the Little Guy so much better than people who actually worked their way up from lowly beginnings: when you live on the top floor of a gold-plated tower, everyone is little to you, all the time. That’s just science. Can’t argue with science.

On a slightly more serious note: we like to blame hicks and especially Southern hicks for this GOP nonsense. There are, indeed, perfectly valid reasons for those stereotypes. I’ve lived in the South and you probably couldn’t pay me enough to move back (although I could be tempted by good barbecue, but I digress). But we conveniently forget things like the fact that the South has statistically less segregated schools, Oregon was founded as a Whites Only utopia, Sin City was known as the “Mississippi of the West” because Nevada was the last state to integrate, Idaho is essentially Alabama except with snow and a conscious choice to have fewer Black people, the continued existence of Scott Walker, and the fact that California gave us both Nixon and Reagan. Even worse, California billionaire Robert Mercer gave us New Yorker Donald J. Trump. We got fucked from both ends, and not in a fun Saturday-night way. These ostensible liberal meccas also apparently enjoy employing police that enjoy shooting unarmed, dark-skinned (and/or poor) people.

Another fun fact: the “J” in Trump’s middle name stands for “Motherfucking Piece of Shit.” Scientific fact. Can’t be debated.

[tblue37]

26. Don't forget Pennsyltucky. nt

[notdarkyet]

28. And AZ.

[world wide wally]

14. If we have been disowned by "our" prez, I think we should start acting like it.

Taxes?
What taxes?

[GeorgeHayduke]

16. One of the first Revolutionary ideas

I ever learned was "no taxation without representation".

[ProudLib72]

18. I tried that last month, and my wife got upset

Said she didn't want to go to prison. But at least I'm not alone in thinking this.

[pwb]

17. Who would want to go anyway?

Has anyone learned one good thing from this man since he was elected? He is a bitter vengeful old fool.

[notdarkyet]

29. I bet Macron cant wait to get

out of there. He will think our country is a bunch of prejudice idiots.

[ProudLib72]

19. HRC should hold her own state dinner. nt

[rzemanfl]

20. Drumpf will probably say something about buying Louisiana from France.

He's that level of asshole.

[tblue37]

27. "People don't know, " he'd say. nt

[rzemanfl]

31. Sounds like him. n/t

[panader0]

21. My guess is that the Dem leaders are relieved.

Only Macron will be disappointed.

[Corgigal]

23. His 30 percent believe he should behave this way

with his proxy wars. They believe he is what he says and does. They went to bed thinking it's the right thing to do.

It's all Trump has left really, the tiny 30 percent.

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. His 30 percent which represents almost FIFTY percent of who actually votes, you mean.

Which is why I preach vote for ANY democrat and NO litmus tests.

But yes, they hate you and me, they would eliminate us physically if they could but for now they will be happy with us not being able to vote.

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. At any other time, this would be unbelievable.

Literally unbelievable. It's a sure a sign of the times as you could ever imagine that something this churlish and vulgar is so easy to believe. Predictable, even.

[moondust]

25. Welcome, President Macron,

to The Snakedom of tRumplandia.

[Cha]

30. It's the usual petty prick trump.. but really

isn't it better for Dems not to be a part of that real asshole's fake "potus" celebrations in any form?