The Democrats refused to applaud for almost every moment of the joint discourse of President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. That included when he honored the former volleyball player Payton McNabb, who suffered traumatic physical and mental injuries when he was injured by a transgender opponent in 2022.
Trump praised McNabb, 19, for overcoming his injuries, which included brain shock, brain bleeding and permanent cervical whip, to become a defender to protect women and girls from biological males in their sports.
Trump concluded the segment reiterating his promise to reduce federal funds to any US school that allows Trans athletes to compete against girls.
It caused a round of applause on the republican side of the room, while each Democrat sat in silence.
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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at Capitol, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
McNabb told Pak Gazette Digital that the reaction of the Democrats was not surprising, but was “heartbreaking.”
“Last night, in general, the Democratic Party was very disrespectful,” said McNabb. “And they did not defend any of the guests, they did not defend DJ Daniel, who is the young man who survived brain cancer, did not defend Laken Riley’s family, whose daughter literally suffered a traumatic death that should never have happened, and all the other guests who were there had a kind of powerful history, and did not applaud for any of that.
“So it was heartbreaking, and honestly I would like to be able to say that I was surprised, but I am not.”
Most of the Democratic congressmen who attended Tuesday night carried pink to protest Trump in support of women’s rights. However, those letters chose to do it a day after Senate Democrats voted almost unanimously to block the protection of the women’s law in sports.
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Democrats have protest signs when President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Gane the photo of McNamee/pool through AP)
The law would have helped establish a stricter precedent to keep trans athletes out of women’s sports throughout the country, since many states so far have refused to comply with Trump’s executive order to address the problem. But not a single Democratic senator voted to help approve the bill, and philited him to get to Trump’s desk.
McNabb sent a bipartisan plea to the Senate Democrats in a previous interview with Pak Gazette Digital, days before Monday’s vote, to consider vote for the bill. But instead, none of them voted for it and, on the other hand, took Rosa to the direction of Tuesday.
“The Democratic party failed women. They don’t care,” McNabb said. “Even with their own daughters, the fact that they did not get this bill is completely heartbreaking. I am not the only story, there are so many female athletes that have shared their history, and it is not as if they do not know. It is crazy that this is the hill that is willing to die.
“It’s sad … it’s simply shameful.”
McNabb is not alone in his conviction for the Democrats who attended his label on Tuesday. Many conservatives in social networks have criticized not only the representatives of the Congress who attended, but also the guests who sat in the gallery for not encouraging the guests, the decision to use pink after blocking the bill on Monday and shaking small signs with challenging messages in protest.
One of the most controversial moments of the night occurred when the representative to Green, D-Texas, was escorted after shaking his cane and shouting to Trump repeatedly during the first minutes of the speech.
He shouted: “You have no mandate,” Trump when the president promoted Republican victories in the Chamber, the Senate and the White House.
Payton McNabb, on the left, applaud as the second lady Usha Vance observes during the speech of President Donald Trump to Congress, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The speaker Mike Johnson, republican of La-La., Had eliminated Green by the sergeant of weapons of the United States.
“They were shameful for their group and for the country the way they acted with disrespect everywhere,” McNabb said.
“The way the Democrats acted was a new bass for them … the only time they applauded was for Ukraine, which was revealing, but they do not applaud or literally represent anything else … the drama and theatricality were definitely there for them. I think the shirts, signs and pink suits were all cute, but I think the Americans now know that the Democrats are now pro-state “.
Despite the anguish caused by the Democrats, McNabb said that he is still “extremely grateful” for having attended and obtaining the experience to know key figures in the party, including the second Lady Usha Vance, whom McNabb sat next Tuesday. He also had the opportunity to share his story with Tom Homan border tsar.
“It was incredible. This is the type of thing I am going to remember for the rest of my life,” McNabb said.
