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Miracle in the Capitol:
Trump Compels Dems To Stand During SOTU
'That's the first time I've ever seen them get up,' Trump says of congressional Democrats after introducing gold medal US hockey team
Miracle in the Capitol: Trump Compels Dems To Stand During SOTU
President Donald Trump brought most members of the House chamber—including many Democrats—to their feet during Tuesday night's State of the Union when he honored the U.S. men’s hockey team for winning its first Olympic gold medal since 1980. "Our country is winning again," Trump said. "In fact...
President Donald Trump brought most members of the House chamber—including many Democrats—to their feet during Tuesday night's State of the Union when he honored the U.S. men’s hockey team for winning its first Olympic gold medal since 1980.
"Our country is winning again," Trump said. "In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it. People are asking me, ‘Please, please, please, Mr. President, we’re winning too much. We can’t take it anymore. We’re not used to winning in our country. Until you came along we’re just always losing. But now we’re winning too much.’ And I say ‘No, no, no. You’re going to win again. You’re going to win big. You’re going to win bigger than ever.' And to prove that point here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud. The men’s gold medal Olympic hockey team."
"That’s the first time I’ve ever seen them get up," Trump said. "And, actually, not all of them did get up." All Democratic attendees appeared to stand shortly thereafter when Trump said the U.S. women's hockey team, which also defeated Canada to win the gold, would soon visit the White House. Trump also announced that he would give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, who stopped 41 shots in the win over Canada.
It was a stark contrast to Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress a year ago, when most Democrats did not stand for 13-year-old brain cancer survivor DJ Daniel who asked to be made an honorary Secret Service agent. Rachel Maddow called it "disgusting" that Trump made a "spectacle" of the event.
Commentary:
The first duty of a Government is to protect its citizens, not illegal aliens. Stand up if you agree. The Democrats didn’t.
That should tell all American citizens, even the stupid ones, where they stand with Democrats.
Surely, it’s difficult to stand in support a government when you're trying to overthrow.