Democrat lawmakers acted like a “bunch of sourpusses” during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said on Newsmax Wednesday.

“Their display, I think, was just despicable,” Johnson told Newsmax’s “Newsline.”

“When you can’t even stand just respectfully to greet the president of the United States, a 13-year-old boy … suffering from cancer who was awarded an honorary membership into the Secret Service, or a 95-year-old mother who has been able to welcome her son home from detainment in Russia, when you can’t even stand to celebrate those moments, those triumphs for America, I don’t even know why they showed up,” he added.

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