How Can You Not Stand?
Kevin McCullough
5–7 minutes
No one expects a standing ovation for a president’s policies. That’s politics. That’s normal. That’s America.
But when members of Congress refuse to stand for grieving parents, traumatized children, fallen heroes, and courageous law enforcement officers, something has gone deeply wrong in our public life.
That isn’t protest.
That isn’t principle.
That is moral collapse.
And it was on full display during President Trump’s State of the Union Address.
During the speech, time and again, the President paused to honor Americans whose stories should have transcended party. Families who lost loved ones to violent crime. Children who survived unspeakable trauma. Police officers who ran toward danger. Victims who deserved at least a moment of shared respect.
Republicans stood.
Many Democrats did not.
This was not accidental. It was coordinated.
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https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2026/02/25/how-can-you-not-stand-n2671877
