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“You should be ashamed of yourself not standing up,” Trump shouted at Democrats who refused to stand to show their support for the American people over illegal aliens. Earlier, they had refused to stand to honor the family of 16-year-old high school cheerleader Lizbeth Medina, who was brutally murdered by an illegal alien. They clearly hate Trump so much that they allow it to cloud their judgment and back reckless policies to spite him.

It was one thing when they all decided they loved autism because RFK Jr. said he was trying to find a way to prevent it. But in the case of their support for illegal aliens and lawlessness, it is counterintuitive, almost Darwinian, that they are against defending the border and keeping order on our streets.

At the State of the Union address, President Trump spoke for nearly two hours, and it was one of the most exciting and engaging events of the year, right up there with the Turning Point USA halftime show. Similar to last year’s Charlie Kirk memorial, it was patriotic, positive, energizing, and mentioned God liberally. At multiple times, Republicans in Congress erupted in applause, standing ovations, and chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!”

Before it even started, mainstream media were running articles “debunking” the lies they claimed Trump was going to tell. All day on Twitter, Democrat lawmakers were posting that they were boycotting the event.

Oddly, one congressman after another posted, “I would rather stick a pin in my eye,” or “I would rather get poked in the eye.” It was as if they had a meeting the day before and coordinated their response: “Make sure to say something about sticking something in your eye. That’ll stop the ICE deportations.”

Congressional Democrats who boycotted President Trump’s State of the Union speech gathered at a rally outside the Capitol, accusing him of dividing the country and harming Americans through his immigration, health care, and economic policies. While Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the formal Democratic response, dozens of lawmakers participated in a counterevent on the National Mall called the “People’s State of the Union.”

They criticized the economy, ICE deportations, government firings, and the self-defense shooting of Renee Good. They also brought up victims of Jeffrey Epstein, even though no Republicans are supporting or defending Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, Democrats are shielding violent criminals and illegal aliens and opposing law enforcement.

Meanwhile, inside the State of the Union address, President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to two soldiers. One was recognized for his heroism in capturing Venezuelan President Maduro despite being wounded. The other was a three-war veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam whose heroism had been classified until recently. Republicans erupted in cheers for the two men, who deserved the accolades and praise they received.

Trump brought out victims and families of victims attacked by illegal aliens, in many cases repeat offenders who had been released on no-cash bail. Republicans stood and showed their support. Democrats either refused to stand or shouted and heckled the president.

President Trump said, “We can never forget that many in this room not only allowed the border invasion to happen before I got involved, but indeed, they would do it all over again if they ever had the chance.” He warned that if they were elected, “they would open up those borders to some of the worst criminals anywhere in the world.”

He added, “The only thing standing between Americans and a wide-open border right now is President Donald J. Trump and our great Republican patriots in Congress.” He also said that Democrats in the chamber had cut off all funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

President Trump said Democrats had “instituted another Democrat shutdown,” claiming the first one cost the country two points of GDP and suggesting that “probably made them quite happy actually.” He said they had now closed the agency responsible for protecting Americans from “terrorists and murderers.”

He declared, “Tonight, I’m demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for border security and homeland security of the United States,” and added that funding was also needed “for helping people clean up their snow.” He said there was no money because of the Democrats, that “nobody’s getting paid,” and called it “a shame,” referencing a large snowstorm affecting the country.

Trump said one of the benefits of the State of the Union is that Americans can see clearly what their representatives believe. He then invited every legislator to join his administration in reaffirming what he called a fundamental principle: “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens,” urging those who agreed to stand and show their support.

All of the Republicans stood, but no Democrats did. At that moment, it became clear that Democrats hate the nation.

President Trump admonished them, saying, “Isn’t that a shame? You should be ashamed of yourself not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself.” He then called on them to “end deadly sanctuary cities that protect the criminals and enact serious penalties for public officials who block the removal of criminal aliens.” He said that in many cases those being protected were “drug lords, murderers all over our country,” and accused officials of blocking their removal. He repeated, “And you should be ashamed of yourself.”

The president ended by urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which he said was one more opportunity to show common sense in government.

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