This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

Democrats attending President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday entered the room with frowns, consulted each other with pursed lips and glares at the GOP majority, and held signs expressing their politics, which often was at odds with what the American people have chosen.

But the real test of what they are for, and significant, what they are against, came in their actions during Trump's speech.

For example, the declined to applaud when Trump announced the capture of the terrorist who masterminded the Abbey Gate attack during Joe Biden's ill-executed withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. It left 13 American service members dead.

They refused to applaud a young boy fighting brain cancer as he was made an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service.

They declined to applaud a call for lower taxes for middle-class Americans.

The White House took note of their performance, explain, "Tonight, President Donald J. Trump delivered bold, forward-looking remarks before a joint session of Congress — highlighting the historic accomplishments already achieved in his second term and setting the course for four years of prosperity and strength.

"Unfortunately, Congressional Democrats were too consumed by their own hatred of President Trump, refusing to show support for lowering taxes, fighting childhood cancer, capturing terrorists, protecting women and girls in sports, or law and order — to name only a few."

The White House statement noted the comment from former White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, now a network commentator, who said, "The Democratic Party still has no common sense. They have no ideas and they have no heart. They couldn't even stand for the most inspiring moments of the speech."

The rest of the White House list of topics where Democrats, by and large in unanimity, remained silent:

• Americans joining the military in record numbers
• Law and order
• Taking down illegal revenge porn
• Protecting women's sports
• The United States of America
• Working together to Make America Great Again
• Ending the harmful electric vehicle mandate
• Cutting regulations to unleash American prosperity
• Ending censorship and bringing back free speech
• Ending discriminatory "diversity, equity, and inclusion"
• Recognizing only two sexes
• Defeating inflation
• Unleashing American energy
• Ending waste, fraud, and abuse in government
• Ending taxes on tips, overtime, and seniors' Social Security
• Bringing manufacturing home to America
• Securing historic investments in American chip manufacturing
• Removing illegal alien killers, rapists, and drug dealers from our streets
• Securing our border
• Declaring the brutal Tren de Aragua gang as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
• Waging war on the deadly cartels trafficking deadly drugs into our country
• Punishing cop killers with the death penalty
• Promoting health and wellness among Americans
• Protecting our kids from radical gender ideology
• Ending the sexual mutilation of America's youth
• The return of American Marc Fogel
• Declaring America's youth are perfect as God made them
• Ending wokeness in the U.S. military
• Restoring American shipbuilding
• A student getting accepted to West Point
• Improving America's defenses
• Pursuing peace in Ukraine

Social media took note:

One commenter concluded the Democrats were "demons" and "gremlins."

One Democrat, Al Green, was ejected by the sergeant at arms for belligerently badgering the president while he was trying to speak.

Mark Halperin, a political analyst, pointed out the especially egregious refusal by Democrats to stand when Trump honored a 13-year-old boy fighting cancer. Trump's address noted that D.J. Daniel would be made an honorary Secret Service agent.

Halperin explained Democrats' attacks on Trump lose credibility when they act in an "aberrant" way.