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Democrats confronted over refusal to cheer during Trump address: ‘Why didn’t you stand?’

‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ producer Johnny Belisario asks Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff, Ilhan Omar and other Democrats why they wouldn’t applaud anything in Trump’s address.

DemocraticlawmakersfacedcriticismthisweekfortheirbehaviorduringPresidentDonaldTrump’saddresstoajointsessionofCongress.Theirprotests,refusaltoclapatkeymoments,andsubsequentcommentsdrewcriticismfromRepublicansandfromsomeintheirownparty.  “JesseWattersPrimetime”producerJohnnyBelisariotraveledtoCapitolHilltotrackdownDemocraticlawmakersandaskwhytheyrefusedtostandandclapforthenonpartisanmomentsintheaddress. “Youdidn’tstandupforanything,”BelisarionotedtoNewJerseySenatorCoryBooker. “ThepresidentgotbeforetheAmericanpeopleanddidn’ttalkabouthowhecoulddrivedowngroceryprices,”Bookerresponded. OtherDemocraticlawmakersexpressedfrustrationthatTrumpfailedtoaddressissuestheyfeltwereimportant.  Whenaskedwhyshedidn’tapplaudforcertainguestsatthespeech,includingthemotherofslainGeo