A father rejected Democratic lawmakers' expressions of sympathy on Capitol Hill this week, accusing them of only showing concern when the cameras are rolling after his daughter was left permanently disabled in a car crash allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant."I reject your guys' sympathy, to be honest with you.There's no way you guys are sorry," Marcus Coleman told lawmakers Tuesday.Coleman criticized Democratic lawmakers for what he called their "ignorance" during a follow-up interview Thursday, telling Fox News' Trace Gallagher that he struggled to make them understand his position."Talking with the Democrat representatives, I mean, the language they speak is ignorance, and it's hard for me to translate what I'm trying to say to them," he said.
"I can explain it all day, I just can't understand it for them."ANGEL DADS FACE ANOTHER FATHER'S DAY WITHOUT CHILDREN KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: 'SHE SHOULD BE GRADUATING'Marcus Coleman, center, father of Dalilah Coleman, who was permanently disabled in a multi-car crash allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant, testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Capitol Hill on Sept.1 in Washington, D.C.
(Alex Wong/Getty Images)His remarks come after a heated CNN discussion about crimes involving illegal immigrants, during which podcast host Leigh McGowan described the discussion as "exhausting."Coleman told Gallagher about his own "exhausting" experience caring for his 7-year-old daughter, Dalilah, after she was critically injured in 2024 when an 18-wheeler traveling at about 60 mph slammed into the car she was riding in.The Department of Homeland Security identified the truck driver as Partap Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who had obtained a commercial driver's license in California.DHS said Singh was driving at an unsafe speed and failed to stop for traffic and a construction zone before the crash."I work on maybe about four hours of...