Senator admits we should ‘all celebrate’ DJ Daniel
Sens. Fetterman, Hirono and Reed tell Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital why Democrats didn’t stand for 13-year-old cancer survivor DJ Daniel during President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. (Nicholas Ballasy)
Democratic strategists argue it would have been better for Democratic lawmakers to skip President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress than to cause disruptions, which have since reportedly caused tensions with party leadership.
“I think it would have been smarter to just boycott the speech,” Jim Manley, a Democratic political strategist, told Fox News Digital. “Showing up gave Trump legitimacy that he doesn’t deserve.”
Asked if he thought the Democrats interrupting the president’s speech was a good strategy, Andrew Bates, who served as senior White House deputy press secretary for former President Joe Biden, told Fox News Digital “no.”
“The protests preached to the choir, when we need to grow the congregation — like [Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa] Slotkin did when she said Republicans will make you pay more “in every part of your life” in order to cut taxes for the rich,” Bates said.
DEMOCRATS PRIVATELY REBUKE PARTY MEMBERS WHO JEERED TRUMP DURING SPEECH TO CONGRESS: REPORT
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is removed from the chamber as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla)
Democratic House leadership is reportedly “very unhappy” with the interruptions made by lawmakers during the speech, which included yelling and holding up paddles that read “Musk steals,” and called on several of them to attend a “come to Jesus meeting” to discuss their behavior, a House Democrat told Axios.
“I didn’t think the Democratic reaction in the room went very well. It just contributed to the theatrics,” Brad Bannon, president of Bannon Communications Research, a political consulting firm, told Fox in an interview. “No one…
