# Democrats Who Wouldn't Honor A 13 Year Old with Brain Cancer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 7, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230 "2025-03-07T04:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/161 "2025-03-14T11:40:59Z")
Looks like the trump admin is somewhat selective when it comes to honoring kids with brain cancer. > **[Trump admin deports 10-year-old U.S. citizen recovering from brain cancer to...](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/child-brain-cancer-deported-mexico-rcna196295)** > > Authorities loaded the girl’s undocumented parents and siblings in a van and dropped them in Mexico within hours of detaining them. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/162 "2025-03-14T14:00:51Z")
But this was a girl. Though it would be interesting to hear the OP’s opinion. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/163 "2025-03-14T14:06:08Z")
And a girl whose parents are undocumented, despite the fact that she is a US citizen. But fuck birthright citizenship! Even if the trump admin hasn’t _quite_ yet been successful in repealing it, they can de facto repeal her birthright citizenship by deporting her parents, and giving them the Sophie’s Choice of leaving their daughter alone in the states, or taking her to Mexico with them. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/164 "2025-03-14T14:11:24Z")
This was not just a girl. This was a _hispanic_ girl. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/165 "2025-03-14T15:42:51Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Looks like the trump admin is somewhat selective when it comes to honoring kids with brain cancer. Did they at least make her an honorary ICE agent? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/166 "2025-03-15T04:08:17Z")
Can we hold the applause for when the richest nation on earth cures _all_ childhood cancer? This kid survived because he had the _privilege_ of having his treatment paid for. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands more who die in agony because they can’t pay the bill. Can we have a round of applause for them, dying so that the rich can get richer? Not only do they sacrifice everything they have in the name of shareholder value, they also never grow up to be liberals, members of the LGBT community or worse, both. I think the dead kids deserve much more applause. (disclaimer: I hope the sarcasm is evident here) ---
**Author:** ![Culling\_The\_Herd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Culling\_The\_Herd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Culling_The_Herd)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/167 "2025-03-15T17:11:51Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > be interesting to hear the OP’s opinion. It’s awful, and I don’t support it. For some reason, many posters seem to think you have to love everything one side does (even when it’s wrong) and hate everything the other does (even when it’s right). The Trump Administration’s actions in this case have nothing to do with not standing and applauding for a 13 year old with brain cancer. Both are wrong IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/168 "2025-03-15T18:14:11Z")
Thank you. I think I see your position. I think that Devarjaye’s view was that the POTUS invited him and a lot of people was applauding, even many Democrats. I doubt he was hurt at the time, whatever he may have been told afterwards. The girl, though, have had her treatment interrupted and have been deported. I don’t feel both sides are equally bad. On the positive side, she is now in a country where she is entitled to free treatment, if she is a Mexican citizen too. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/169 "2025-03-15T18:22:26Z")
> [@Culling\_The\_Herd](#): > > For some reason, many posters seem to think you have to love everything one side does (even when it’s wrong) and hate everything the other does (even when it’s right). What part of parading this child in front of Congress while cutting research budgets seemed right to you? ---
**Author:** ![Culling\_The\_Herd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Culling\_The\_Herd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Culling_The_Herd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/170 "2025-03-17T22:04:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What part of parading this child in front of Congress while cutting research budgets seemed right to you? Cutting research budgets: Wrong. Not standing and applauding for a child with cancer: Wrong. Is that clearer for you? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/171 "2025-03-17T22:09:16Z")
I had cancer. I’ll take research funding over applause, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/172 "2025-03-17T22:25:54Z")
Excuse me. You may have inadvertently dropped your microphone just then. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/173 "2025-03-17T22:29:30Z")
Hey, CTH? One thing I’m still struggling with: why are you focused on _this particular_ bit of performative outrage when the nation has _still_ not adequately come to grips with _this_ one: > **[Obama stops wearing American flag pin](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21138728)** > > Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Culling\_The\_Herd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Culling\_The\_Herd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Culling_The_Herd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/174 "2025-03-17T22:33:02Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > Thank you. I think I see your position. I think that Devarjaye’s view was that the POTUS invited him and a lot of people was applauding, even many Democrats. I doubt he was hurt at the time, whatever he may have been told afterwards. > The girl, though, have had her treatment interrupted and have been deported. I don’t feel both sides are equally bad. I discussed a specific action in my original post; I did not compare the failure to stand and applaud a 13 year old with cancer to other wrong behavior, or assign a point value to it. If I asked people how they feel about a woman who beat her kids, I wouldn’t expect them to excuse her actions by saying, “There’s a guy over there who killed his wife!” Intelligent rational people can see and agree both are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Culling\_The\_Herd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Culling\_The\_Herd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Culling_The_Herd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/175 "2025-03-17T22:34:47Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I had cancer. I’ll take research funding over applause, thanks. You deserve both (the research funding AND the applause), and I hope you’re doing well. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/176 "2025-03-17T22:41:35Z")
> [@Culling\_The\_Herd](#): > > You deserve both, and I hope you’re doing well. They had the child at the speech so that he could get the applause and still cut the research funding. He used the child as a cynical prop. Why can’t you understand that? ---
**Author:** ![Culling\_The\_Herd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Culling\_The\_Herd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Culling_The_Herd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/177 "2025-03-17T22:45:57Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > They had the child at the speech so that he could get the applause and still cut the research funding. He used the child as a cynical prop. Why can’t you understand that? Why can’t YOU understand the child **was in the room!** Who do you think was most likely to be influenced by a gesture at that moment, Trump or a 13 year old child with cancer? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/178 "2025-03-17T23:02:15Z")
This is the easiest trolley problem _ever._ ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/179 "2025-03-17T23:02:51Z")
> [@Culling\_The\_Herd](#): > > Why can’t YOU understand the child **was in the room!** That is why I wouldn’t applaud. His use of the child was disgusting and by applauding, I would have been part of this disgusting use of a sick child, just like you are part of this disgusting stunt by playing along with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Happytree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happytree/32/3555_2.png) [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230/180 "2025-03-17T23:03:13Z")
Ninja’d, but, yeah, terrible example. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-who-wouldnt-honor-a-13-year-old-with-brain-cancer/1015230.md?page=10)