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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, reacts as President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p><\/div>\n

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churlish<\/strong>:\u2019ch?r-lishadj 1 : marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : SURLY<\/strong>
\n2 : difficult to work with or deal with : INTRACTABLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The word \u201cchurlish\u201d \u2013 a word you might not use every day \u2013 came to my mind Tuesday night as I watched congressional Democrats make fools of themselves (again) at the president\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n

My goodness, what is it with these people? Why do they keep doing the same things again and again expecting different results?<\/p>\n

The performance art that we have come to expect from the Dems got off to an early start with Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green\u2019s requisite act of getting himself thrown out of the House chamber. (Al Green and Jasmine Crockett both come from my beloved State of Texas. Imagine my pride.)<\/p>\n

You might recall that last year during President Trump\u2019s address to a Joint Session of Congress Rep. Green got himself booted for shouting and shaking his cane at the president. Tuesday night, it was because he brought in a sign that was critical of Trump, signs being something expressly forbidden on the House floor under long-standing rules.<\/p>\n

As the evening progressed, we were treated to an outburst from Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and an F-bomb lapel pin from fellow \u201csquad\u201d member Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.<\/p>\n

Throughout it all, we got to watch as Democrats refused to stand and applaud as a current Coast Guardsman and a 100-year-old World War II veteran were each awarded the Medal of Honor. We got to watch Democrats sit on their self-righteous butts as President Trump rope-a-doped them into refusing to stand in agreement that the first duty of government is to protect its own citizens. What then, is <\/em>government\u2019s first duty by their estimation? (And they\u2019re going to love the campaign ads that are already in production.)<\/p>\n

Churlishness is a lot of things. It\u2019s unpleasant. It\u2019s childish. It\u2019s almost always inappropriate.<\/p>\n

One thing it certainly isn\u2019t is policy.<\/p>\n

But when is the last time the Democrats offered any policy? I\u2019m happy to take any of my policy beliefs \u2013 from illegal immigration to welfare fraud to the need for voter ID to protect the integrity of elections \u2013 and debate them with any Democrat. I\u2019m happy to say, \u201cTell me how I\u2019m wrong. What is your better idea?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But when the answer is, \u201cYou\u2019re a white supremacist, a racist, a fascist and your mother is a \u2018ho,\u201d \u00a0<\/em>there\u2019s no hope for any substantive debate on policy aimed at improving the lives and fortunes of ordinary people.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t always like this. I can remember when the Democratic Party was populated by thoughtful, principled men. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, Sam Rayburn of Texas and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut are among those that come to mind. All of them would have deplored the behavior of their colleagues on the House floor Tuesday night. Certainly none would have worn an F-bomb lapel pin.<\/p>\n

One might have disagreed with them. One might have had principled differences with them. But one would never have called them churlish.<\/p>\n

Principled debate between competing parties is the crucible from which good policy emerges. We don\u2019t have that now and we need it.<\/p>\n

We need for someone to come along and Make Democrats Great Again.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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