A former congresswoman who prosecuted an impeachment of President Donald Trump dismissed the severe injuries suffered by Dalilah Coleman during a Wednesday panel discussion on CNN.
PASS THE DALILAH LAW!
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2026
Five-year-old Dalilah Coleman nearly had her life taken from her in June 2024 by an illegal alien who SHOULD NOT have had a commercial driver's license in California.
President Trump is taking action to pass the Dalilah Law, making it IMPOSSIBLE for… pic.twitter.com/gLg5GKKIJ4
“How do you not mention — mention that two people died and that — in that environment?” Demings, who was one of seven House Democrats who prosecuted Trump during his first impeachment, asked. “And the president was one of the most unifying speeches, the president who said, ‘Look at the Democrats. Aren’t they crazy?’ He obviously does not understand that when he won election, he is supposed to represent all people.”
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“When you go through some of the moments he went through, right, he pointed to a little girl Dalilah, who was almost killed by an illegal alien, miraculously came back,” New York Post reporter Lydia Moynihan responded. “She was there with her dad. When you have Democrats who won’t stand and applaud her recovery, yeah, I think that’s crazy.”
Democrats remained seated during a moment in Trump’s speech when the president asked if they could agree to put American citizens ahead of illegal immigrants.
“Sadly, people are killed in America every day, sadly, and the majority of them are killed by U.S. citizens. So whether an undocumented — undocumented immigrant —” Demings said, with Moynihan cutting in with, “I’m saying, think about —”
“Whether it’s an undocumented immigrant or a U.S. citizen who is the perpetrator, bottom line is, somebody has died or someone has been seriously injured,” Demings said. (RELATED: Indian Truck Driver Nabbed By ICE Nearly A Year After Fatal Wreck That Sent Car Into Lake)
Dalilah Coleman’s life was forever changed when an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler slammed into her and her family. The crash resulted in her inability to walk, talk, eat orally, or attend kindergarten as planned. She was in a coma for three weeks and required six months of… pic.twitter.com/8oG3IrUiwP
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 25, 2025
The Trump administrated started cracking down on illegal immigrants with CDLs after a deadly August accident allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant who attempted to make an illegal U-turn on a Florida highway that left three people dead. The illegal immigrant reportedly failed an English proficiency test given by investigators and was unable to identify three out of four traffic signs.
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