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Trump\u2019s calls for unity in his State of the Union address were hollow. Instead, Trump continued to push his divisive, anti-immigrant agenda and made it clear that he has no intention of working with Democrats to accomplish real successes for American families.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s calls for unity in his State of the Union address rang hollow:<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cA Call for Bipartisanship With a Familiar Partisan Sting\u201d<\/p>\n

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Politico<\/a>: \u201cTrump calls for unity \u2014 on his terms\u201d<\/p>\n

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Politico<\/a>: \u201cHis soaring rhetoric came with few signals that he was willing to compromise his core beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC\u2019s Jonathan Allen<\/a>: \u201cSo far, this is a stump speech\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vice News<\/a>: \u201cDespite that proclamation, the president\u2019s rhetoric focused largely on an aggressively conservative agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBut he offered little in the way concessions, suggesting instead that unity means opponents come to his position.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Instead, Trump continued his divisive, anti-immigrant rhetoric:<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump appealed Tuesday night for bipartisanship but refused to yield on the hard-line immigration policies that have infuriated Democrats and forced the recent government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta<\/a>: \u201cSOTU speeches are typically a laundry list of items from a president’s agenda.\u00a0 This feels more like yet another Trump immigration speech that likely won’t change any minds in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd<\/a>: \u201cMost SOTUs are a bit disjointed; they usually sound like they were written by committee because they usually are. This speech seemed to truly lack a coherent theme… series of ideas and complaints with only immigration as a centerpiece\u201d<\/p>\n

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Washington Post\u2019s Robert Costa<\/a>: \u201cIf you’re looking for a presidential pivot, recall that this tone and language on immigration is exactly what President Trump sounded like when he first launched his bid in 2015, almost four years ago. That was before Miller, before Bannon. This is who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s call for unity and bipartisanship was never serious — It was just another lie to the American people:<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cBefore Expected Call for Unity, Trump Laced Into Democrats at Lunch for TV Anchors\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times:<\/a> \u201cAs he and his team drafted his address in recent days, he has groused about the text, complaining that it was too gentle on Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s calls for unity in his State of the Union address were hollow. 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