New Mexico Democrat says 'This is not normal' sign at Trump address was 'an SOS to the world'

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said during an interview that her “This is not normal” sign she held up near President Trump right before his Tuesday night speech to Congress was an “SOS to the world.”

Stansbury said it is “really important” not to “normalize” what Trump and his administration are doing “because the things that they are doing are not only not normal, they are illegal.”

“He is dismantling federal agencies; he is firing thousands of federal workers. They are laying off veterans, teachers, military, and they are harming our communities, and he is cozying up to our foreign adversaries at the same time,” Stansbury, who represents New Mexico’s 1st District, said during her Wednesday appearance on CNN.

“I think it’s critical that we don’t normalize this behavior, so I’ll just say that my sign was an SOS to the world, and I think I communicated what I intended to,” the House Democrat added.

Stansbury was one of many House Democrats who, in various ways, protested Trump’s joint address to Congress.

Read more at: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5179319-new-mexico-democrat-this-is-not-normal-sign/