Democrats Refuse to Stand for American Citizens: Trump's State of the Union Trap Exposes Core Values

[00:00] I'm with Army Horowitz and we're looking

[00:02] at the key moments out of the State of

[00:04] the Union address. And let's look at

[00:06] this moment which I think for a lot of

[00:08] people will be one of the most

[00:10] memorable.

[00:11] >> One of the great things about the State

[00:13] of the Union is how it gives Americans

[00:15] the chance to see clearly what their

[00:18] representatives really believe. So

[00:21] tonight, I'm inviting every legislature

[00:23] to join with my administration in

[00:26] reaffirming a fundamental principle. If

[00:29] you agree with this statement, then

[00:31] stand up and show your support. The

[00:34] first duty of the American government is

[00:37] to protect American citizens, not

[00:40] illegal aliens.

[00:43] [applause]

[00:49] >> [applause]

[00:54] [applause]

[00:58] >> Isn't that a shame? You should be

[01:00] ashamed of yourself not standing up. You

[01:03] should be ashamed of yourself.

[01:06] >> Army, you talked about President Trump

[01:09] setting traps and the Democrats falling

[01:11] into them. That was a very obvious one.

[01:13] How do you not stand up for a statement

[01:15] as obvious obvious as the duty of the

[01:19] American government is to protect

[01:21] American citizens?

[01:24] >> Honestly, cuz I'm not sure they believe

[01:25] it. I I got to be honest. I mean, that's

[01:27] kind of the core the problem the

[01:29] Democratic party, right? Like they're

[01:31] standing up for illegals. are literally

[01:34] having people protect criminal illegal,

[01:37] never mind regular illegals, criminal

[01:39] illegal aliens across these blue cities

[01:42] where they're not, this is where the

[01:43] whole problem stems from, where they're

[01:45] not allowing uh uh um ICE to go into

[01:49] prisons to get illegals who are

[01:52] committed crimes. That's the whole

[01:53] that's the whole problem with the

[01:54] Democrat party. Now, okay, now I'll say

[01:56] this. What he has what he did a

[01:58] masterful job, forget the trap that

[02:00] obviously he did, but he was look, we

[02:02] talked about this. he was able to

[02:04] reframe the immigration debate with

[02:06] that. Okay. What I mean by that is when

[02:09] okay he clo he closed the borders right

[02:12] no one's coming in he's winning the

[02:14] immigration debate then he has the

[02:16] problem this this optics problem of

[02:18] going into like Home Depot and in

[02:20] Minneapolis and the shootings and now

[02:24] there was a problem he was losing the US

[02:26] people and the last poll done was

[02:29] showing that the Republican party which

[02:31] was their strength on immigration it was

[02:33] President Trump's strength was now

[02:34] underwater on who do you trust

[02:37] to handle immigration. And what he did

[02:39] by this was saying was he brought it

[02:41] back to his strength and say look we are

[02:44] here to close the borders. We are here

[02:46] for an America to service Americans and

[02:50] not illegals. And the Democrats just

[02:53] could not do it. They had to have an own

[02:55] goal and sit on their hands with that

[02:58] most obvious statement. Right? It was an

[03:00] obvious trap. they still walked into it

[03:02] because like I said, it's kind of the

[03:04] ethos of the Democratic party.

[03:08] >> How you don't stand up for that in an

[03:11] election year. We got the midterms

[03:13] coming up. Yeah. I mean, you could just

[03:14] play that footage in an election ad and

[03:17] say the these are the Democrats. They

[03:19] don't think their first duty is to

[03:21] protect American citizens. But the most

[03:24] disgraceful moment for me was when

[03:27] President Trump was talking about Ireina

[03:31] Zerutska. Her parents were there, her

[03:33] grieving parents, and he paid tribute to

[03:37] her and the Democrats couldn't even

[03:40] stand for the grieving parents of this

[03:42] young woman. Last summer, 23-year-old

[03:45] Ireina was riding home on the train when

[03:48] a deranged monster who had been arrested

[03:52] over a dozen times and was released

[03:54] through no cash bail stood up and

[03:57] viciously slashed a knife through her

[04:00] neck and body. No one will ever forget

[04:03] there were people on that train. No one

[04:06] will ever forget the expression of

[04:08] terror on Ireina's face as she looked up

[04:11] at her attacker in the last seconds of

[04:13] her life. She died instantly.

[04:16] She had escaped a brutal war only to be

[04:18] slain by a hardened criminal set free to

[04:21] kill in America. Came in through open

[04:24] borders.

[04:26] Mrs. Zeretska. Tonight I promise you we

[04:29] will ensure justice for your magnificent

[04:31] daughter.

[04:34] [applause]

[04:43] [applause]

[04:48] [applause]

[04:56] How do you not stand? How do you not

[04:59] stand?

[05:01] >> I've got to repeat what the president

[05:02] said. How How do they not stand for

[05:04] that? How do they not stand up for a

[05:06] grieving

[05:08] mother

[05:09] when the president's paying tribute to

[05:11] her daughter? I just I just don't get

[05:13] that. What political advantage is there

[05:16] in that?

[05:18] >> And if you notice the the Erica Kirk on

[05:20] the side, the empathy from Erica Kirk

[05:22] for this poor woman after her husband

[05:24] was murdered. Um, you know, she said you

[05:25] can hear her mouth words, you know,

[05:27] bless you. Um, caring for this woman

[05:29] after she's there grieving for her

[05:31] husband. Um, yeah. No, it it just it's

[05:35] it's confounding. It it truly truly is.

[05:39] Um, and that wasn't that wasn't meant to

[05:42] I don't think that was meant to be a

[05:43] trap at all. I think that was just him

[05:45] acknowledging this woman. Um, look, you

[05:47] and I have talked about it. The the

[05:48] incredible turnaround on crime uh in

[05:51] 2026, uh, particularly in in in in

[05:54] Washington DC, but really around the

[05:55] country, um, has been unbelievable. We

[05:58] haven't seen a drop like that in in

[06:00] decades. And, um, yeah, look, I remember

[06:03] that. We all remember that moment where

[06:05] her daughter was was murdered in the

[06:07] most heinous way. A guy who was let out

[06:10] of jail a number of times to commit this

[06:12] crime. Should have been

[06:13] >> should have been behind bars.

[06:14] >> Should have been behind bars. have been

[06:16] behind bars. Absolutely. Uh Army

[06:20] Horowitz, thank you so much for your

[06:22] time tonight. Has been a pleasure going

[06:23] through the state of the union with