Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said on X he was approached by a flight attendant who identified as a Democrat who took issue with the way his party responded to President Donald Trump honoring Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel, right, this week during a speech to Congress. (William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images/Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Daniel stole the show during Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night when the president introduced him to the audience and officially swore him in as a member of the Secret Service.
"Joining us in the gallery tonight is a young man who truly loves our police," Trump told the crowd. "His name is DJ Daniel [and he] is 13 years old, and he has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. But in 2018, D.J. was diagnosed with brain cancer. The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six years ago."
SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLODES AFTER DEMOCRATS DO NOT STAND FOR 13-YEAR-OLD CANCER SURVIVOR
Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel waves as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday, March 4. (Alex Brandon/AP)
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"I stood up and applauded this little boy, who is getting over cancer, wants to be a police officer -- and I was disappointed that I was not joined by any of my colleagues," she added.
Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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