The law takes tough measures against undocumented immigrants who commit crimes while in the country. One of Trump’s first official actions was to sign it into law.
However, when Riley and her family were honored at Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress earlier this month, almost all Democrats stayed seated.
The next week, Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine told Fox News that party members were “embarrassing” themselves with their actions.
“Even though I like throwing parties, this was a new low. Regarding this or that policy and the base’s irascible politics, I receive quiet. However, he said in an X post the day following Trump’s address,
“It was a classless disgrace for not a single D to stand to applaud a boy’s brave battle with cancer or a man’s admission to West Point.”
