{"id":2573288,"date":"2026-02-25T00:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-unloads-on-dems-who-failed-state-of-the-union-test\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:43:06","slug":"white-house-unloads-on-dems-who-failed-state-of-the-union-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-unloads-on-dems-who-failed-state-of-the-union-test\/","title":{"rendered":"White House unloads on Dems who &#8216;failed&#8217; State of the Union &#8216;test&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-unloads-on-dems-who-failed-state-of-the-union-test%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=2573288&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 White House quickly criticized Democrats after President Trump\u2019s State of the Union address, pointing to lawmakers who did not stand or cheer during his remarks on immigration and law enforcement as evidence of their priorities. Trump had used <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prepackaged applause lines<\/a> to provoke a reaction, a tactic the White House said would provide Republicans with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-house-passes-omnibus-election-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill\">campaign material<\/a> for the 2026 elections. White House aides, including Karoline Leavitt, Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, and Abigail Jackson, accused Democrats of dishonoring grieving families and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-d-a-gascon-vows-efforts-to-transform-a-dated-approach-are-just-beginning\/\" title=\"L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n Vows \u2018Efforts To Transform A Dated Approach\u2019 Are \u2018Just Beginning\u2019\">protecting criminals<\/a> by refusing to stand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-fake-trump-stories-the-establishment-media-ran-with-then-retracted\/\" title=\"Four Fake ... Stories The Establishment Media Ran With, Then Retracted\">specific statements<\/a>. The article notes that Ilhan Omar spoke out rather than stand in one moment, while other Democrats reportedly sat quietly, and it features several White House and party-aligned twitter posts reinforcing the messaging. It also mentions Doug Collins serving as designated survivor for the address.  <\/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\">White House unloads on Democrats who &lsquo;failed&rsquo; Trump&rsquo;s State of the Union &lsquo;test&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\">\n<p>The White House was quick to point out a number of Democratic lawmakers who did not stand and cheer during President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4470743\/trump-shames-democrats-protect-americans-illegal-immigrants\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s remarks on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470446\/state-of-the-union-trump-passage-delilah-law-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers\/\">immigration<\/a> and law and order during Tuesday night&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470284\/trump-sets-new-record-longest-state-union-address\/\">State of the Union<\/a> address.<\/p>\n<p>On multiple occasions, Trump goaded Democrats with his use of prepackaged applause lines, and, in the process, gifted Republicans with ready-made campaign ads ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470556\/these-people-are-crazy-six-takeaways-from-trumps-state-of-the-union\/\">&#8216;These people are crazy&#8217;: Six takeaways from Trump&#8217;s State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4470860\/trump-pledges-new-retirement-account-plans\/\">Trump pledges new retirement account plans for workers without 401(k)s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470446\/state-of-the-union-trump-passage-delilah-law-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers\/\">State of the Union: Trump urges passage of Delilah&#8217;s Law to keep illegal immigrant truck drivers off US roads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In one particular instance, the president asked lawmakers to &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4470743\/trump-shames-democrats-protect-americans-illegal-immigrants\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4470743\/trump-shames-democrats-protect-americans-illegal-immigrants\/\">stand up and show your support<\/a>&rdquo; if they agreed with the following statement: &ldquo;The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urge-americans-to-stay-home-in-january-knowing-no-one-would-show-up-for-a-stolen-inauguration\/\" title=\"Democrats Urge Americans to Stay Home in January Knowing No One Would Show Up for a Stolen Inauguration\">illegal aliens<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A select number of Democrats, including Rep.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/trump-state-of-the-union-2026-live-updates\/\">Ilhan Omar<\/a>&nbsp;(D-MN), took the bait, keeping their seats and choosing instead to yell at the president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You should be ashamed of yourself,&rdquo; Trump shot back, earning raucous cheers from GOP members.<\/p>\n<p>Trump deployed the tactic at least two other times, by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s count.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the speech, top White House officials issued statements suggesting the administration was prepared for Democrats to object.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s what the Democrats in Congress refused to stand for during the State of the Union,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X before listing off a laundry list of issues. &ldquo;Democrats are crazy! President Trump and Republicans are for common sense!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&rsquo;s what the Democrats in Congress refused to stand for during the State of the Union:<\/p>\n<p>Putting American citizens over illegal aliens<\/p>\n<p>Voter ID laws<\/p>\n<p>The murder rate at the lowest since 1900<\/p>\n<p>Keeping violent criminals locked up<\/p>\n<p>Protecting parental rights<\/p>\n<p>Stopping fraud&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XmAk3bZSzg\">https:\/\/t.co\/XmAk3bZSzg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2026507691305128331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dan Scavino, director of Trump&rsquo;s Office of Presidential Personnel, pointed back to Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;duty&rdquo; line, adding &ldquo;DEMS clearly do not agree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump at the State of the Union: &#8220;If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the AMERICAN government is to protect AMERICAN citizens, not illegal aliens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>DEMS clearly do not agree..<\/p>\n<p>This says it all, AMERICA&hellip;&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BEsrbmiiI\">pic.twitter.com\/4BEsrbmiiI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Scavino Jr.&#127482;&#127480;&#129413; (@DanScavino) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/2026511640347242833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats didn&rsquo;t sit on their hands the entire night,&rdquo; White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller added in his own statement. &ldquo;They very consciously chose exactly what\/who to stand for, clap for and honor and what\/who to insult, denigrate and dishonor. Democrats all CHOSE to dishonor grieving parents and sanctify criminal invaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crucial point:<\/p>\n<p>Democrats didn&rsquo;t sit on their hands the entire night. They very consciously chose exactly what\/who to stand for, clap for and honor and what\/who to insult, denigrate and dishonor.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats all CHOSE to dishonor grieving parents and sanctify criminal invaders.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Miller (@StephenM) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/2026510882042232945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4469999\/doug-collins-serve-designated-survivor-state-of-the-union\/\"><strong>DOUG COLLINS SERVES AS DESIGNATED SURVIVOR FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S STATE OF THE UNION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson put it even more bluntly, writing that &ldquo;Democrats failed the most basic test tonight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re elected by the American people to serve in the American government, it should not be difficult to say your priority is Americans over illegal aliens,&rdquo; she said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you&rsquo;re elected by the American people to serve in the American government, it should not be difficult to say your priority is Americans over illegal aliens. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats failed the most basic test tonight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Abigail Jackson &#127482;&#127480; (@abigailmarone) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abigailmarone\/status\/2026508591478292664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>White House slams Dems for not backing Trump&#8217;s SOTU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2573289,"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\/2026\/02\/AP26056163255688.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4106,3685,71292,73673,71977],"class_list":["post-2573288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-administration","tag-democrats","tag-political-reaction-2","tag-state-of-the-union-2","tag-white-house-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26056163255688.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573288","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573292,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573288\/revisions\/2573292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}