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Democrats exercise the art of dissent in subtle ways

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens during President Donald Trump address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens during President Donald Trump address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listens during President Donald Trump address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) – They didn’t heckle. There were no in-your-face pink “pussyhats.” There were just a few no-shows.

At President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress on Tuesday, Democrats stuck with more muted ways of exercising the art of the dis.

They turned their thumbs down. They maintained stone faces. They sat on their hands.

They laughed out loud when Trump declared it was time to “drain the swamp.”

There were audible groans when he announced a new office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants.