State of the Union live updates: Trump attacks Democrats over health care in campaign-style speech

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The CNBC Politics team is wrapping up our 2020 State of the Union live blog. Over out our story about the top moments of the night, from Rush Limbaugh’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi mutilate up Trump’s speech. Thanks for stopping by.

This speech will be remembered for the bitter partisanship underlying it. From the snubbed handshake, to the according of the presidential Medal of Freedom to a man who has professionally insulted people, especially women, for decades; to the instantly viral clip of Pelosi thrilling up Trump’s speech, we learned more tonight about the state of America’s disunion than anything else.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a rising party star who flipped her state’s governor’s office in 2018 on a stand of infrastructure and health care, aimed to poke holes in Trump’s health care and economic arguments. She highlighted pains by Democrats to protect people with pre-existing conditions — which the president wrongly claimed he has always done — and disputed Trump looked out for corporations at the expense of workers.

Whitmer used her own personal history recounting a time when she was “witter on about b hold out down a new job, caring for my newborn daughter as well as my mom at the end of her brain cancer battle. I was up all night with a baby and during the day, I had to confute my mom’s insurance company… And it changed me. I lost my patience for people who play games instead of solve problems.”

At the conclusion of Trump’s remarks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up the hard copy of Trump’s speech that he had accepted her before he began, and tossed it aside. It was quite the bookend to how things began. Before Trump started speaking tonight, he declined to brush off the speaker’s hand.

The president recognized Army spouse Amy Williams from Fort Bragg, N.C., and her two infants during his address. He explained that for the past 7 months, her husband, Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams, has been set out a deployment in Afghanistan.

Trump said it was Williams’ fourth deployment to the Middle East. After thanking Amy for her sacrifice, the president announced that her quiet was home and in the audience.

Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., also said he ducked out of Trump’s lecture early. “I can’t stand a liar. This man’s presidency is a national tragedy,” he tweeted.

The president recounted missions conducted under his orders to kill key adversaries in the Middle East: ISIS bandleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. “Our message to the terrorists is clear: You will never escape American punishment. If you attack our citizens, you forfeit your life,” Trump said.

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, “walked out” of Trump’s Splendour of the Union address, saying he “had enough.” He compared it to professional wrestling: “It’s all fake.”

After praising his “two bright new Supreme Court justices,” Trump says that his administration is defending religious liberty. “In America, we do not punish appeal. We do not tear down crosses,” Trump said.

The Supreme Court voted to allow a 40-foot Latin cross to get to ones feet on public ground in June, with Kavanaugh and Gorsuch forming part of the seven-justice majority.

Trump has rapidly deputized judges to the federal judiciary with the help of a GOP Senate majority. He has confirmed 187 federal judges, more than any president since Beak Clinton at this point in his tenure.

When Trump revealed that he would sign a bill “immediately” to lower drug prices, Democrats raised three fingers and chanted “HR 3! HR 3!” It’s the legislative rating of the prescription drug price bill that Democrats passed in the House last year. The bill has languished on Senate More than half Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk since then.

First lady Melania Trump apportioned the conservative radio host, who recently revealed he had advanced lung cancer, the Presidential Medal of Freedom right in the centre of Trump’s speech. Limbaugh, known for his caustic rants against liberals and “feminazis,” was nonetheless moved to tears as the president and the before lady honored him. “Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country,” Trump said.

The president pledges “we will always protect your Medicare and your Social Security,” weeks after he communicated CNBC’s Joe Kernen that his administration would take a look at entitlement reform. His Democratic rivals in the 2020 get ready field seized on the remarks at the time to hammer Trump on a big hot-button issue.

Health keeping sits at the top of voters’ minds in 2020. Trump appeared aware of its importance and his own vulnerability on the issue.

The president said, “I pull someones leg also made an ironclad pledge to American families: we will always protect people with pre-existing modifies.” Trump has not kept that pledge so far in his presidency. Democrats leveraged Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which could entertain weakened the law’s key protections for people with pre-existing conditions, as they flipped the House in the 2018 midterms.

The Trump furnishing has declined to defend Obamacare against litigation that seeks to toss out the law — and its protections for people with pre-existing terms. The Supreme Court is unlikely to hear the case before the 2020 election.

Also during his speech, Trump objected Democrats for supporting “Medicare for All,” what he called a “socialist takeover of our health care system.” He claimed “there are those who demand to take away your health care, take away your doctor and abolish private insurance only.” “We will never let socialism destroy American health care,” he said to cheers from Republicans and balanced a few Democrats.

Trump misleads on what such a health care system would do. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of Trump’s outstanding challengers for the White House in 2020, wants a universal health care system that would cover every American, with advances like dental, mental health and long-term care, with no deductibles, premiums or copays.

While Sanders states he would tax the wealthy and corporations more to fund the plan, he has not denied that middle-class people may have to pay more in loads under the system. However, he says they will end up saving money overall because of lower health supervision look after costs.

While Trump praises Chinese President Xi Jinping in his State of the Union sermon, critics are pointing out how some members of his own Cabinet contradict him on how China is viewed, even after the “phase one” trade administer.

In introducing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, Trump takes aim at socialism – which is a point of his 2020 campaign, as well. He has warned that his Democratic rivals would usher in socialism. None of his Democratic contend withs are socialists, while Sen. Bernie Sanders identifies as a democratic socialist.

The early parts of Trump’s observes sounded much like a stump speech centered around the economy. He pointed to a range of economic indicators, from the unemployment merit, to wages, to real median household income, consumer confidence and 401k plans.

While many of those corrects are good or even great — the U.S. unemployment rate has been near a 50-year low — he at points embellished how strong the economy is. Trump conveyed: “This is a blue-collar boom.”

Trump leads off with searing criticism of the Obama charge.

“The years of economic decay are over,” Trump said. “The days of our country being used, taken advantage of, and despite that smooth scorned by other nations are long behind us. Gone, too, are the broken promises, jobless recoveries, tired platitudes and tried excuses for the depletion of American wealth, power and prestige.”

These sentences at the top of the speech are a clear sign that Trump proposes to use this address to excoriate Democrats and the previous Democratic administration, whose vice president just happens to be continuous for president against Trump.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is this year’s selected survivor, ie, the Cabinet member who is left out of the chamber while the president gives the State of the Union address. He is at an undisclosed putting to protect the presidential line of succession in case there is a mass casualty during the speech.

Trump unleashes a common State of the Union applause line after listing a litany of boasts on touching the economy and military strength.

“Members of Congress, the president of the United States,” Pelosi certifies, prompting Trump’s supporters in the chamber to chant “four more years!” Trump also ignored Pelosi’s attempt at a handshake.

Trump has arrived and he’s shaking hands as he makes his way down to give his speech.

Chief Justice John Roberts just arrived in the House chamber under somewhat unusual circumstances: The chief inclination continue preside over the president’s impeachment trial in the Senate on Wednesday.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist bounded President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union address in 1999, under similar circumstances.

In addition to Roberts, Trump appointees Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh and Morality Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, are also in attendance.

Democratic female Diet members are wearing white tonight to honor the early 20th century women’s suffrage movement that resulted in the facilities of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has been spotted in the Gratis chamber at the State of the Union address. Limbaugh announced on his program Monday that he has been diagnosed with “pushed lung cancer.” He said he will take time off his normal broadcast schedule to seek treatment.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver the Egalitarian Party’s response to Trump’s speech tonight. Here are some excerpts:

Watch our live stream here.

Hill is a earlier House member from California who resigned last year after “revenge porn” photos surfaced, centre of allegations that she had an affair with a subordinate. Hill’s resignation prompted a public debate over whether Hill was a casualty or not, and whether House Democrats should have supported her more.

The White House on Tuesday confirmed that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido drive be among the president and first lady’s guests tonight. Guaido’s attendance likely benefits both Trump and his caller. For Trump, Guaido represents a physical representation of the Trump administration’s hard line against Venezuela’s authoritarian chairman Nicolas Maduro, whose government has been heavily sanctioned by Washington. For Guaido, who was prohibited in January from aim reelection as head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, appearing at the State of the Union as a guest of the president sends a strong signal to unites and foes back home that he and his opposition government still enjoy official U.S. support.

Trump could try to inject energy into his reelection drive and will likely talk up a tonic U.S. economy and recent trade triumphs. At the same time, more of the delayed Democratic caucus results could leak in from Iowa as voters start to pick who will face him in November.

The president’s address is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET. He will address a joint session of Congress, but several key Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, compel boycott the speech.

President Donald Trump will barter his third State of the Union address tonight, the night before the Senate will likely vote to acquit him of the two cares he faces in his impeachment trial. Expect to see a victorious Trump touting his administration’s record on the economy and national security, with harangue lines tailor-made for the 2020 campaign.

All times above are Eastern time.

CNBC’s Mike Calia and Amanda Macias gave to this live blog.