I have watched every State of the Union (SOTU) address since President Ronald Reagan’s first one in 1981.

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Honestly, I have never seen one side be so shockingly disrespectful to a president of the opposing party as I did on Tuesday. The progressives decided to throw a temper tantrum during the President’s Joint Address to Congress in ways that have NEVER been done before.

Perhaps you remember a Congressman named Joe Wilson who shouted, “You Lie,” at President Obama’s SOU when the president discussing Obamacare said, “The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.”

The AP called Mr. Wilson’s true statement an “extraordinary breach of congressional decorum” and reported how he had “shattered the decorum of the House chamber.” Mr. Wilson quickly apologized to Obama.

The Left Breaks Protocol

Flash forward to today and the opposition heckled the President throughout his speech, holding up ping pong paddles saying “False” (you lie), “Musk Steals,” and others. It’s not how we expect or want our elected representatives to act.

For starters, the elected minority leaders, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, refused to be part of the escort waking into the Chamber with the President of the United States. A stunning breach of protocol.

Liberal lawmakers also refused to stand as the President entered the Chamber and walked to the podium – another stunning breach of protocol that showed a complete lack of respect for the office of the President.

Once President Trump began speaking, liberals shouted and heckled the President’s opening remarks to the point that Speaker Johnson had to use his gavel to quiet the chamber and ask the Sergeant of Arms to remove Congressman Al Green, who refused to stop.

While I didn’t expect the opposition to stand for the President’s policies they disagreed with, I was disappointed to see them refuse to stand for the everyday Americans President Trump introduced who shared their stories.

What Liberals Won’t Stand For

• A police officer’s widow whose husband was killed by an illegal alien.
• Brokenhearted mothers whose lovely daughters were brutally murdered by illegal aliens.
• A Russian hostage released by President  Trump’s efforts and his 95-year-old mother who had asked the then-presidential candidate to rescue her son moments before he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania.
• A heroic border patrol agent who came under drug cartel fire, but managed to save his partner.
• A hardworking steelworker of 27 years that made a good living, raised seven children, and fostered many more thanks to tariffs.
• A young woman whose dreams of a college athletic scholarship ended when she was hit in the face by a volleyball and suffered a permanent brain injury from a male playing on the opposing team as a trans female.
• A young man whose dream was to attend West Point and serve his country. President Trump announced his acceptance to the military academy.
• And perhaps most egregiously, progressives couldn’t stand for or acknowledge a 13-year-old boy who had beaten brain cancer and whose dream was to be a cop. President Trump made him a Secret Service agent.

In addition to refusing to stand with everyday Americans, liberals also would not recognize the president’s actions with sky-high approval of the American people, such as:

• Elon Musk and the work of DOGE going after fraud, waste and abuse, saving hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars and reducing the bloated size of government.
• The 90+% decline in illegal aliens crossing the border since President Trump became president.
• The illegal criminals and gang members taken off our streets by Tom Homan and ICE making America safer.
• President Trump’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. In fact, when the President asked if attendees wanted the Ukrainian war to last 5 more years, Senator Elizabeth Warren shouted, “yes!”
• The spike in military recruitment numbers to its highest levels in years with men and women eager to protect and defend our country.

What Holds the Left Together?

Their performance showed that liberals are out of touch with what a majority of the American people voted for in the last election.

They appear to not to want to stand with everyday Americans. It leaves you wondering… what will they stand for? Billions in wasted spending? Illegal criminals? Endless wars? Open Borders? Unfairness in girls’ sports?

The only thing that seems to hold them together is their overwhelming hatred of President Trump and everything he stands for.

You don’t have to like the President, but to oppose every idea he has is toxic for America.

As President Trump said on Tuesday night, “for just this one night, why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for America? For the good of our nation, let’s work together, and let’s truly make America great again.”

In the United Kingdon, parties out of power are known as His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. I’ve always liked that phrase. It signifies loyalty to your country, your institutions, and to the rules of civility and decorum.

Perhaps the Left needs to remember its loyalties should lie with the American people.

“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, The Lord is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in Him” (Psalm 92:12-15 NIV).

What did you think of the protests against President Trump’s address? Share your thoughts and prayers below.

Belinda Brewster analyzes cultural, political, and world events from a biblical worldview. Belinda’s passion is to equip, support, and encourage parents and grandparents who are courageously battling against the spiritual and cultural forces impacting children and grandchildren. Photo Credit: WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.