House Democrat leadership privately confronted the roughly dozen progressives who flouted requests for decorum during President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress earlier this week, Axios reported Thursday.

According to the report, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., were “very unhappy” with the cadre of leftist lawmakers who coordinated outfits, displayed signs and refused to clap.  

Reps. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., and Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., were among the lawmakers called into a “come to Jesus meeting” on Thursday to meet with leadership, according to Axios.

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.