Meet the Sole Democrat Who Stood for Cancer Survivor DJ Daniel during Trump's Address to Congress

Becky Noble-Opinion : Mar 6, 2025
RedState

[RedState.com] ...Incredulously, only half the chamber stood for DJ—the Republican side. Democrats, in their blind hatred for anything remotely related to Donald Trump, sat and did nothing while a child who has survived cancer was honored. Today, social media has not been kind to them. I'm sure they have no idea why. But what many people might not have seen ... was that one Democrat, ONE, did stand up and applaud DJ Daniel, and probably the others as well. That Democrat is Rep. Laura Gillen, who represents New York's fourth congressional district. Gillen, a first-term Congresswoman, hails from Long Island, a red blip in a sea of New York blue, and quite possibly, the last existing rational Democrat. During an interview with a local television station, Gillen expressed disappointment in her Democrat colleagues, saying, "Quite frankly, there were moments where, I feel like, anger at some of the actions that have happened over the last month and a half have prevented some of my colleagues from standing up to support the little DJ Daniel. I stood up and applauded this little boy who is getting over cancer and wants to be a police officer, and I was disappointed that I was not joined by any of my colleagues." ... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via X)