By Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist, March 05, 2025
Breccan F. Thies is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.
Democrats jeered at the victims of their own policies and only cheered when it meant more death by prolonging a war.
THE CAPITOL — Democrats went into President Donald Trump’s speech to the joint session of Congress promising theatrics. But, amid Trump’s speech detailing major reforms and honoring Americans victimized by far-left policies, the American people saw Democrats devolve into the ice-cold soullessness one has come to expect from a party — and group of people — grasping for relevance.
They refused to stand for the families of those brutalized and murdered by illegals, like Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray. They would not stand for the family of Corey Comperatore, the father who died saving his family’s lives by protecting them from gunfire at the campaign rally where Trump was shot. They refused to acknowledge Payton McNabb, a girl who suffered a traumatic bran injury when a male who claimed to be female ruthlessly spiked a volleyball into her face, ending her chances at a college volleyball career. …