Democrats are filling the empty seats left open by Republicans for the State of the Union with blow up dolls that have angry Vladimir Putin faces taped to them. Notably, the large number of vacant seats is due to Republicans boycotting the event.

“President Biden practiced his speech with a full audience in mind,” Nancy Pelosi stated. “Because of this, we have decided to fill the seats Republicans refuse to sit in with these angry Putins so that Joe gets the exact same reactions he would have had they showed up.”