Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Desi Lydic tried to rebuke President Trump on Wednesday for condemning Democrats for not standing and applauding certain moments during his Tuesday State of the Union Address. According to Lydic, the reason they refused to stand was because of Trump’s “tyranny and lawless behavior,” but the specific situations that Lydic highlighted did not make Democrats look good, so naturally she declined to elaborate. Lydic introduced a chopped-up clip of Trump by declaring, “But the Democrats stayed seated almost the entire night, and you could tell it started to get under Trump's skin.” The clip featured three distinct portions of the speech but one underlying theme, “How do you not stand? How do you not stand?... You should be ashamed of yourself, not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself… Look, nobody stands up. These people are crazy.”   The Daily Show's Desi Lydic says Democrats didn't stand up during Trump's State of the Union because "because they are outraged by your tyranny and lawless behavior!" In reality, Lydic played a chopped up clip of Trump lamenting, "How do you not stand? How do you not… pic.twitter.com/4YqbH6b5EN — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) February 26, 2026   In the first “How do you not stand?" portion, Trump was talking about crime and gave a shout-out to Anna Zarutska, the mother of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered on a Charlotte subway by a man “who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail.” As for the second, “You should be ashamed of yourself” snippet, Trump had just finished asking Congress whether it agreed with the statement, “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” Finally, the “these people are crazy” bit was when Trump called for a ban on gender transitions for children. Lydic kept all this from her viewers and instead chose to respond by exclaiming, “Mr. President, I will have you know that the Democrats are not ending because they are outraged by your tyranny and lawless behavior.” Putting up pictures of Democrats who slept, or, perhaps, pretended to sleep, through the speech, Lydic added, “And also, they are asleep right now! Shh! Shh!” Lydic wasn’t the only comedy show host to attack Trump for criticizing Democrats’ lack of applause while not providing crucial context of what Trump was speaking about at that moment. Seth Meyers did the same thing. By leaving out that context, Lydic and Meyers unintentionally helped prove the point Trump was trying to make about Democrats being crazy. Here is a transcript for the February 25 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 2/25/2026 11:03 PM ET DESI LYDIC: But the Democrats stayed seated almost the entire night, and you could tell it started to get under Trump's skin. DONALD TRUMP: How do you not stand? How do you not stand? [jump cut] You should be ashamed of yourself, not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself. [jump cut] Look, nobody stands up. These people are crazy. LYDIC: Mr. President, I will have you know that the Democrats are not ending because they are outraged by your tyranny and lawless behavior. And also, they are asleep right now! Shh! Shh!