"It was a very shameful display. There was a couple of times, there's a couple of House members that I probably could have ejected from the chamber because of their behavior, but the president handled it so well, and I decided not to do that because, you know, I thought it would be better for the American people to see that, to see the shame that they were bringing upon themselves."
"They stood and applauded themselves for voting against the working families tax cuts. So they voted to impose the largest tax increase in history on the American people and they clapped for themselves. I mean, that video is going to be very valuable to us in the future, and on the contrary, they refused to stand when the president said answer this simple question the first job of the government in the country is to defend Americans and not illegal aliens."
"You should be ashamed of yourself! Not standing up, you should be ashamed of yourself. Trump said after Democrats in the chamber remained seated upon being asked to stand up and show your support for the idea that the first duty of the American government is to protect Americans."
During President Trump's State of the Union address, Democratic members refused to stand at various points, prompting Speaker Johnson to consider ejecting them from the chamber. Johnson decided against removal, believing it was more valuable for Americans to witness the Democrats' behavior directly. Democrats remained seated when Trump discussed protecting Americans over illegal aliens and stood to applaud their votes against working families tax cuts. Johnson characterized their actions as shameful and contrasted them with Republican achievements. Trump directly criticized the seated Democrats, telling them they should be ashamed for not standing to support the principle that government's first duty is protecting Americans.
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