Democrats have this thing where they oppose anything President Trump does because it's Trump. They don't consider each policy as it comes, they instead stand as as a brick wall against the administration, whether on women's rights, border security, election integrity, and everything else. This wall was on display during Trump's State of the Union address. A party that calls for unity and coming together did everything they could on Tuesday night to rip the country apart.
Those Democrats who sat in Congress and watched the speech sat for the entirety of the speech. When Trump invited those to stand who agree that "the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens and not illegal aliens," they sat. The entire room, other than these Democrats, stood and cheered, applauded, and affirmed their promise to put Americans first over all others. But Democrats sat, some looking down at their phones.
Later Rep. Janelle Bynum said in that moment there was "thinly veiled racist language" from Trump, "anti-immigrant language, in what he was asking and that was uncomfortable." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Republican lawmakers standing was "cult-like behavior."
