{"id":2409480,"date":"2025-03-04T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mast-mocks-protest-mourning-for-the-democrat-party-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:53:37","slug":"mast-mocks-protest-mourning-for-the-democrat-party-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mast-mocks-protest-mourning-for-the-democrat-party-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mast mocks protest: &#8216;Mourning for the Democrat Party&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmast-mocks-protest-mourning-for-the-democrat-party-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-leftists-dance-on-toby-keiths-grave-dredging-up-decades-old-feud\/\" title=\"Leftists celebrate as old feud resurfaces, dancing on Toby Keith&#039;s grave\">search results highlight<\/a> a \u2062statement from Rep.\u200c Brian Mast \u200d(R-FL) regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-says-he-wont-attend-netanyahus-congressional-address\/\" title=\"California Democrat to Skip Netanyahu&#039;s Congressional Speech\">upcoming congressional address<\/a> by President Donald Trump. Mast \u200ddismissed the significance of protests planned by some Democratic lawmakers\u200b in response to Trump&#8217;s speech, suggesting \u200bthat such actions would not impact Trump\u2019s message.He characterized any protests as \u2063symbolic \u200cof \u200c&#8221;mourning for \u200bthe Democrat Party&#8221; and emphasized that Trump was successfully delivering on promises he made during his first term. \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Mast cited examples of job\u2062 creation and \u2063economic improvements, such as the establishment of a Honda Civic plant in Indiana and\u200b a Taiwan semiconductor facility in Arizona, to illustrate Trump&#8217;s contributions to the\u200d American economy.He also mentioned the\u200c government\u2019s reduction\u200d in \u2064spending\u2064 and efforts to enhance national security, particularly at the southern border. The context\u2062 surrounding this address includes a \u2063boycott from several Democratic senators\u2064 and contrasting calls from Democratic leaders for\u2062 a meaningful presence during the\u2062 speech.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064anticipated address by Trump is \u200bnotable as it\u2064 marks \u200chis first return \u200dto the chambers after taking office\u2062 for a second \u2062term.\u200d The speech is scheduled for 9 p.m. eastern, and it occurs amid ongoing discussions about tariffs and border control issues \u200din the \u2063U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Brian Mast mocks protest at Trump address as &lsquo;mourning for the Democrat Party&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2027623\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-mast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brian Mast<\/a> (R-FL) dismissed the effect any protest will have on President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s address to Congress Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The speech will be Trump&rsquo;s first to the chambers since taking office for the second time. Four Democratic senators are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3335952\/democrats-boycotting-trump-presidential-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"boycotting\">boycotting<\/a> the speech, but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called for a &ldquo;strong, determined, and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber&rdquo; while Trump speaks. As a result, some lawmakers are protesting the president in other ways.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I heard the Congressional Black Caucus is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-mob-attacks-kendall-jenner-for-cultural-appropriation-of-tequila\/\" title=\"Woke Mob Attacks Kendall Jenner For \u2018Cultural Appropriation\u2019 Of Tequila\">wearing black<\/a>. I think it&rsquo;s because it&rsquo;s a mourning for the Democrat Party. &lsquo;Cause the president is putting nails in the coffin right there,&rdquo; Mast said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox and Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s delivering on the American dream, making America more secure, which he talked about in the first term &mdash; on the southern border and so many places. He&rsquo;s delivering jobs to the American people: A Honda Civic plant into Indiana, Taiwan semiconductor into Arizona. He&rsquo;s bringing jobs to the United States of America. He&rsquo;s getting government out of the way. And he&rsquo;s making &mdash; for the first time in our lifetime &mdash; the American government spend less. That&rsquo;s the American dream.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2825500&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=24404ef650654442a7b3db5c95617acf\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The businesses <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">moved into the U.S. as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3333600\/mexico-extradites-cartel-members-united-states-tariffs-loom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico faced a 25% tariff&nbsp;<\/a>and China faced<\/span> a 10% tariff that&nbsp;began&nbsp;Tuesday. This comes amid a yearslong border crisis that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">included immigrants illegally crossing<\/a> the border and an increase of Chinese-produced fentanyl discovered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gimenez-predicts-mexico-will-blink-first-in-tariff-deal\/\" title=\"Gimenez predicts Mexico will &#039;blink first&#039; in tariff deal\">states sharing borders<\/a> with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3334943\/mike-waltz-ukraine-could-sign-minerals-deal-before-trump-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"MIKE WALTZ DOESN&rsquo;T RULE OUT UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL BEFORE TRUMP&rsquo;S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS\">MIKE WALTZ DOESN&rsquo;T RULE OUT UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL BEFORE TRUMP&rsquo;S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the November election, 16% of black voters elected Trump over his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3317233\/black-men-love-trump-dooms-democrats-42-percent-support-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"survey\">survey<\/a> from this year found that Trump has an approval rating of 42% among black men.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is scheduled to begin his speech on the floor of Congress at 9 p.m. Eastern. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2027623\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2027623\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Mast ridicules protests at Trump\u2019s address as \u2018mourning for the Democrat Party.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2409481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brian-mast-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38971,49266,4276,4542],"class_list":["post-2409480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrat-party","tag-mast","tag-mocks","tag-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brian-mast-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409484,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409480\/revisions\/2409484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}