White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the Democrats and corporate media’s antics Wednesday as they lamented every aspect of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress.
Many Democratic lawmakers did not stand or applaud the special guests who appeared at the address, including a 13-year-old boy battling brain cancer and a high school athlete who suffered brain damage after competing against a transgender-identifying male. Leavitt condemned Democrats and the corporate media over their criticisms of the address and for their lack of sympathy toward the special guests.
“The behavior of Democrats last night was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely how out of touch they are with the American public,” Leavitt said. “It was the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses in that beautiful chamber. And what was supposed to be a unifying moment for our country, Democrat members of Congress instead screamed at the president of the United States, who was just overwhelmingly reelected by their constituents, walked out of the chamber and worst of all, they disrespected the American people. Democrats didn’t stand to keep men out of women’s sports, they couldn’t even clap for a girl who got her head smashed in by a man on a volleyball court. Democrats didn’t stand for an innocent and beautiful child who is surviving brain cancer.”
“They opposed eliminating taxes on tips and social security. They didn’t stand for cutting taxes of hardworking Americans, they couldn’t even clap for two mothers whose daughters were killed by illegal aliens,” the press secretary continued. “One of the only things that could get Democrats off their feet last night was cheering for Ukraine, not for America.”
The corporate media echoed the Democrats’ responses to the address, most notably MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, who invoked 13-year-old brain cancer patient Devarjaye “D.J.” Daniel becoming a Secret Service agent to condemn the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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“But I hope [Daniel] never has to defend the United States Capitol against Donald Trump’s supporters, and if he does, I hope he isn’t one of the six who loses his life to suicide, and I hope he isn’t one who has to testify against the people who carried out acts of seditious conspiracy and then lived to see Donald Trump pardon those people,” Wallace said after the speech.
Leavitt shamed Wallace’s comment and called out CNN for labeling the speech as “divisive,” despite 44% of their own viewers stating they had a “very positive” view of the president address in a CNN/SSRS survey.
“The mainstream media still doesn’t get it. Last night, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace disgustingly looped in a 13-year-old boy with brain cancer into an attack on the president over January 6,” Leavitt continued. “In CNN’s first chyron out of the speech called it ‘divisive.’ President Trump wasn’t divisive, the Democrats were. And CNN was proven wrong by their own viewers. 69% of whom in a post-speech poll said they had a positive reaction to the president’s speech. It’s sad and frankly pathetic that Democrats and liberals in the legacy media continue to allow their hatred for the president override their love for our country.”
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Democrats threatened to protest the address before it had even started, with some not even attending and others bringing props or former federal employees who had been laid off by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Just hours before the speech, 22 Democratic senators released identical videos on social media condemning the president’s economic policy, complaining how egg prices are rising and shaming DOGE Chairman Elon Musk for shutting down so-called “vital government programs.”
Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green got escorted out of the House floor by law enforcement for standing up and shouting as Trump attempted to give his speech. Many congressional members also held signs up during the speech that read, “[Elon] Musk Steals” and “Save Medicaid.”
Trump honored the legacies of 22-year-old Laken Riley and 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, two victims murdered at the hands of illegal immigrants under former President Joe Biden’s administration, with their mothers in attendance. The president signed an executive order Tuesday to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge after Nungaray to commemorate her love of animals and wildlife.
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