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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter Democrats refused to stand for the moms of two girls who were viciously murdered by illegal aliens and for DJ Daniel, a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor who was made an honorary Secret Service agent, at the address, Schoen said that he could see many Democrats start to leave the Party, including Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI certainly think that is possible if you look at what he\u2019s said and what he\u2019s done. It\u2019s clear he\u2019s uncomfortable in the Democratic Party, as frankly, I am,\u201d he told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. \u201cI disagree with the Republicans on a lot of things. They go further than I would go. So I cling to my membership in the Democratic Party, but it\u2019s not the same party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt isn\u2019t the party of John F. Kennedy or Bill Clinton. Moderates are really not welcome. And I wish we could have the kind of discussion about issues that most of us want, that President Trump, I think, was inviting from the opposition, that is sadly absent,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a woke, far-left party that I really have very little in common with, with the party that I helped build and [helped] re-elect, proudly, Bill Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI disagree with many of the policies that President Trump so articulately outlined, and I think he\u2019s gone too far. But that being said, my party is not doing what Bill Clinton did when the Gingrich revolution came in 1994, which is to offer a set of alternatives that recognize the American people want border security, a reduction in inflation, tougher policies on crime, and immigration reform. Until we do that as a party, we Democrats remain irrelevant, sadly,\u201d Schoen added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democratic lawmakers may have bristled at Trump\u2019s triumphant return to the Capitol, but new polling suggests their constituents felt differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A CBS News\/YouGov survey, conducted immediately after Trump\u2019s joint address to Congress, polled a nationally representative sample of speech watchers\u2014and the results are likely to delight the poll-conscious president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poll shows an overwhelming 76 percent of Americans viewing the speech approved of Trump\u2019s remarks, with only 23 percent \u2014 less than a quarter \u2014 disapproving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixty-eight percent of viewers described Trump\u2019s speech as \u201chopeful,\u201d with a majority also describing it as \u201cpresidential,\u201d \u201cinspiring,\u201d \u201cunifying,\u201d and \u201centertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A clear majority of Americans who watched President Trump\u2019s address felt he focused on issues that mattered to them, according to the CBS News\/YouGov survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than two-thirds of viewers said Trump has a clear plan to tackle inflation, which began under President Joe Biden. Additionally, over three-quarters of respondents supported Trump\u2019s proposals on reducing government waste, immigration, and border security. Despite negative press coverage leading up to the speech, nearly one-quarter of viewers approved of Trump\u2019s approach to handling Ukraine and Russia, Breitbart News reported, citing the polling results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While presidential address audiences typically lean toward the sitting president\u2019s party, the survey found that only 51% of viewers identified as Republicans, suggesting that Trump\u2019s message resonated beyond his base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, more than three-quarters of viewers approved of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ordering the Sergeant at Arms to remove Rep. Al Green (D-TX) from the chamber after he disrupted President Trump\u2019s speech despite multiple warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump also won praise from members of the Republican Party and many in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTonight, President Trump made his triumphant return to Congress to share his bold, optimistic vision for renewing the American Dream,\u201d Johnson noted on the X platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the fifth State of the Union address I\u2019ve seen Trump give \u2014 it was by far his best,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) added<\/a>.<\/p>\n