‘These People Are Kind Of Crazy’: JD Vance Dunks On Democrats Who Refused To Stand For Victims At SOTU

Vice President JD Vance criticized Democrats Thursday for refusing to support victims of high-profile violent crimes during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

Democrats sat by as Trump recognized Dalilah Coleman, a 6-year-old girl who suffered head trauma in a car crash caused by an illegal alien, and the mother of Iryna Zarutska, murdered on a train in North Carolina. Vance condemned the party for failing to put aside its opposition to Trump to support these victims and their families.

“You look at their reaction to some of what he was saying and all I thought was: These people are a little crazy… This little six-year-old girl, injured by a human being who should never have been in this country in in the first place, which was led in this country by Joe Biden and the Democrats, and she hugs her dad, and she’s so excited, and it shows, and I think everyone’s heart “It’s very, you know, you get this warm and fuzzy feeling,” Vance said. “And then I look at Congress Democrats, and they’re just sullen. They can’t applaud a six year old who survived an attack by an illegal alien.

“What is this? What kind of person can’t stand up and applaud for an innocent young girl who is doing well, who shows the whole country her strength and resilience?’” Vance continued. (RELATED: Democratic Rep Kicked Out of Trump’s 2025 Speech Returns to Harass Congress with Sign)

Vance also ridiculed Democrats for not supporting prioritizing American citizens over illegal aliens.

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“But you have to ask yourself, ladies and gentlemen, what about a political party that cannot stand up and encourage a six-year-old girl who survived an attack? » asked Vance. “What about a political party that cannot stand up and applaud the fact that we have rising wages and low inflation for the first time in a long time in the United States of America?

“What about a political movement that sees a woman’s mother murdered on a bus, because the president highlighted this woman, his 22 year old daughter was getting on on a bus to work, was killed by a violent criminal, who was released from prison 13 times by Democratic leaders, should never have taken to our streets, then murdered a innocent girl,” Vance continued.

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Trump chastised Democrats for sitting back, including in response to Zarutska’s family. Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman and North Carolina Rep. Deborah Ross said they were standing to honor Zarutska’s mother. Zartuska, a 22-year-old Ukrainian refugee, died after suspect Decarlos Brown stabbed her in the neck on the train in August.

Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan yelled at Trump as he shamed them for not supporting citizens against illegal aliens. Omar told CNN that her behavior was “inevitable” because she had to remind Trump that Renee Good and Alex Pretti died at the hands of federal immigration law enforcement.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ordered his caucus to sit in “silent defiance” or skip the speech altogether.

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