'They hate America': MAGA is freaking out over Democrats’ response to Trump speech
Elon Musk attends U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The Democrats showed their disapproval of Trump’s Tuesday night speech to Congress, and MAGA is having a “full-blown meltdown,” the Daily Beast reported on Wednesday.
Democrats held up signs, declined to clap and wore pink in protest. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wrote notes on a white board. Rep. Al Green (D-Tex.) was removed after he stood up and yelled.
“Has there ever been a more disgraceful and pitiful and malicious display in politics than Congressional Democrats refusing to stand for heartbroken families and courageous heroes?” White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller asked on X.
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“Democrats showed whose side they’re on — and it’s not the American people,” the White House said in a statement.
The White House statement quoted Dana Perino on Fox News. “The Democratic Party still has no common sense. They have no ideas and they have no heart. They couldn’t even stand for the most inspiring moments of the speech,” she said. Perino was White House press secretary under George W. Bush.
The statement then listed 35 bullet points of points where the Democrats did not applaud. They included “declaring America’s youth are perfect as God made them,” “removing illegal alien killers, rapists, and drug dealers from our streets” and simply “The United States of America.”
Some members of Trump world were incensed that Democrats did not cheer for Trump making 13-year-old cancer survivor DJ Daniel an honorary Secret Service agent.
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“Democrats reminded us they are the party of insanity and hate — they could not even clap for a child battling cancer, or mothers who lost their children,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X.
Donald Trump Jr. wrote a similar sentiment on X. “If you can’t stand up and cheer for a kid with brain cancer being made an honorary member of the Secret Service, then you might be a deeply disturbed and f---ed up person!!!” he wrote.
“If you didn’t stand up and applaud this young cancer survivor and his amazing father, there’s something really sick and messed up about you,” conservative commentator Charlie Kirk posted on X early Wednesday, echoing Trump Jr. and Leavitt.
Trump advisor Elon Musk took issue with one moment where the Democrats did applaud — when the president said that the U.S. has sent hundreds of billions of dollars to support Ukraine.
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“The only flag being waved and the ONLY cheer by Democrats was for another country, he posted on his website. “They hate America,” he added.
Some Democrats addressed the lack of applause.
“Mr. President, we would all applaud if you found cures to horrific diseases.” Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) wrote on X. “But how do you expect to accomplish that when you're cutting funding from the NIH?”
“There’s no standing ovation for cutting funding for cancer research, stripping Medicaid, and raising costs for working people,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) posted on X.
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