Washington Examiner columnist Salena Zito said President Donald Trump drew a “stark line” between Democrats and Republicans at his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
“American politics is all about contrast, right, and President Trump has always intuitively understood it at a level you don’t see with all politicians,” Zito said on Fox & Friends First on Friday. “He knows how to draw a stark line. And he also understands how the opposition may or may not react.”
During Trump’s address, he asked the members of the joint session of Congress to stand up if they believed their first duty of government is to protect American citizens and not illegal immigrants. Notably, only Republicans stood up.
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Zito said Trump may have taken a little bit of a “gamble” with the move at the State of the Union, but highlighted that Democrats showed they disagree with the majority that supports the administration’s actions on the issue.
“Why are they not standing up? This is crazy. And so I think it was a very, very important moment,” she said. “This line is really, you know, sort of striking, and it really drives home the point that there’s a difference between both sides.”
“You might not agree with Republicans on everything; however, the Democrats have really lost the plot,” she added.
Zito said Democrats focus too much on hating Trump and not enough on “what fills people’s pocketbooks.”
“The American people do have to make a choice and they don’t have to always agree with you,” she said. “But when they see you behaving in a way that they would never behave, that they don’t want their children or grandchildren to behave, they’re going to choose the side that more aligns with what their needs are.”
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Zito said the president “hit the mark” on his points about the economy.
“The president talked about the economy in a number of different layers. I think that that is what he wanted to appeal to the voter. And I think he was very — he hit the mark,” Zito said.