{"id":2573342,"date":"2026-02-25T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-ignore-jeffries-plea-to-sit-silent-at-state-of-the-union\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T05:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:47:25","slug":"democrats-ignore-jeffries-plea-to-sit-silent-at-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-ignore-jeffries-plea-to-sit-silent-at-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats ignore Jeffries&#8217; plea to sit silent at State of the Union"},"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\">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%2Fdemocrats-ignore-jeffries-plea-to-sit-silent-at-state-of-the-union%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=2573342&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>During the State of the Union, House Democrats, guided by Hakeem Jeffries, largely ignored his plea too sit silently or skip the address, resulting in a chaotic scene as Donald Trump spoke for nearly two hours. Rep. Al Green was escorted out after displaying a sign that said \u201cBlack people aren\u2019t apes,\u201d a reference to a controversial Truth Social video, and several Democrats, including Lauren Underwood, Bill foster, and Madeline Dean, rose and left the chamber in protest.Trump pressed lawmakers to stand if they believed the government should put Americans ahead of illegal immigrants, but Democrats did not stand, prompting further taunts from the president. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar shouted accusations at Trump, with Omar calling him a liar and saying he had killed Americans, and Tlaib shouting that he had killed Alex. Ahead of the speech, Jeffries had urged protesters to skip or sit quietly to avoid giving Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-united-states-esg-economics-dont-add-up\/\" title=\"In the United ...s ESG Economics Don\u2019t Add Up\">political fodder<\/a>, but those pleas were ignored; Democrats also showcased their opposition through pins and guests related to the Epstein controversy. After the address,Jeffries described the State of the Union as a \u201ccomplete disaster,\u201d arguing that Trump spread lies,propaganda,and hatred.  <\/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\">House Democrats ignore Hakeem Jeffries&rsquo; plea to sit silent at State of the Union<\/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<div id=\"Brid_2515416\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) failed to keep his conference in check on Tuesday night during a raucous <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\">State of the Union<\/a> speech that saw<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\"> Donald Trump<\/a> bait Democrats into repeated shouts and taunts.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the address, Jeffries told his caucus to either sit in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-democrats-should-sit-in-silent-defiance-during-state-of-the-union\/\" title=\"...: ... should ... in &#039;silent defiance&#039; during ... of the ...\">silent defiance&#038;rdquo<\/a>; or skip the speech altogether. On Tuesday, Trump had barely started talking when <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">House Democrats<\/a> began bucking Jeffries&rsquo; directive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4471014\/trump-uncompromising-populist-vision-state-of-the-union\/\">Trump offers uncompromising populist vision of America&#8217;s future during State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470980\/white-house-democrats-failed-trump-state-of-the-union-test\/\">White House unloads on Democrats who &#8216;failed&#8217; Trump&#8217;s State of the Union &#8216;test&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\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<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep. Al Green (D-TX) began the event by getting himself ejected from the well of the chamber for displaying a sign reading, &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/al-green-state-of-the-union-sign\/\" type=\"live-blog-posts\" id=\"4470537\">Black people aren&rsquo;t apes!<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; a reference to Trump&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4448727\/tim-scott-calls-trump-remove-obama-monkey-video-truth-social\/\">widely denounced Truth Social video<\/a> depicting the Obamas as monkeys.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is escorted out as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, as Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, watches. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incident was a repeat of last year, when Green was censured for a cane-waving confrontation with Trump. Like last year, Trump ignored Green, allowing the disruption to stand as its own spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats were just as willing to give Trump political fodder as the address stretched across nearly two hours. Reps. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), and Madeline Dean (D-PA) stood up and exited the chamber midway through Trump&rsquo;s speech in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Trump drew the sharpest taunts when he asked the entire chamber to stand if they thought the priority of the U.S. government was to put American citizens ahead of illegal aliens. When Democrats refused to stand, Trump quickly pounced on the moment. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You should be ashamed of yourself for not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments elicited a fiery response from Reps. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rashida-tlaib\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1114\">Rashida Tlaib <\/a>(D-MI) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1223\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN), who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/tlaib-omar-yell-trump-killing-american-citizens\/\" type=\"live-blog-posts\" id=\"4470772\">accused the president<\/a> of killing Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two U.S. citizens who were shot in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Omar repeatedly shouted &ldquo;liar&rdquo; and &ldquo;you have killed Americans.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, meanwhile, shouted, &ldquo;You killed Alex!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., gestures as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ahead of the speech, Jeffries had told his conference, publicly and privately, to skip it if they wanted to register their protest. Otherwise, he said, members should sit quietly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-ag-resigns-following-reports-of-affair\/\" title=\"Oklahoma AG Re...s Following ...orts of Affair\">avoid distractions<\/a> that Republicans could use as political fodder. Those pleas, however, fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats did periodically applaud Trump&rsquo;s speech, mostly for references to the military or when he introduced bipartisan guests. But Trump also took a combative tone, helping set the stage for confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, for their part, used their clothing and guests to needle the president, in particular over disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Members wore &ldquo;Release the Files&rdquo; pins or brought sexual abuse survivors to revive the Epstein controversy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4470732\/trump-pelosi-stock-trading-congress-state-of-the-union\/\"><strong>TRUMP MOCKS NANCY PELOSI IN CALL TO PASS STOCK TRADING BAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeffries released a statement after Trump&rsquo;s address, calling the State of the Union a &ldquo;complete disaster.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For nearly two hours tonight, Donald Trump spewed lies, propaganda, and hatred,&rdquo; Jeffries said.<\/p>\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>Jeffries&#8217; silence plea ignored as Dems heckle SOTU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":2573343,"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\/image-collage-cbd5ety8z-1771997748259-e1771999735951.jpg?1771980001&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51645,3685,50470,4542,73673],"class_list":["post-2573342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-decorum-2","tag-democrats","tag-jeffries-2","tag-protest","tag-state-of-the-union-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-cbd5ety8z-1771997748259-e1771999735951.jpg?1771980001&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573342","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\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573346,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573342\/revisions\/2573346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}