During a discussion on MSNBC, host Nicolle Wallace referenced ‘suicide’ while discussing a 13-year-old boy who is battling brain cancer. This boy had recently been honored by Donald Trump during his address to Congress.

DJ Daniels has been fighting cancer since he was diagnosed at the age of six in 2018. Despite his illness, DJ has remained determined to pursue his dream of becoming a police officer.

During Trump’s speech, there was an emotional moment when the president announced that DJ would be appointed as an honorary Secret Service agent, fulfilling a part of the young boy’s aspirations.

Reacting to Trump’s address, MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Nicole Wallace managed to go negative on the gesture to the 13-year-old. 

Wallace admitted she let herself ‘feel joy’ over Daniels’ moment in front of the nation but quickly veered to a dark and disturbing thought.

‘I hope he’s alive for another 95 years and I hope he lives the life he wants to live. He wants to be a cop, he knows what he wants to do and maybe when you have childhood cancer that crystallizes for you,’ Wallace began.

The anchor then managed a pivot to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

‘I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement officer, but I hope he never has to defend the United States capitol against Donald Trump’s supporters and if he does, I hope he isn’t one of the six who loses his life to suicide,’ she said.

She also hopes that he doesn’t have to ‘testify against the people who carried out acts of seditious conspiracy and then lives to see Donald Trump pardon those people.’

Maddow, appearing to hold back tears, objected to Daniels’ use by the president in the first place. 

‘For the record and this is disgusting, the president made a spectacle out of praising a young man who thus far has survived pediatric cancer, as if the president had something to do with that,’ she said.

The point she was trying to make was that she believed Trump somehow credited himself for helping Daniels survive.

‘This was in the midst of him praising DOGE. DOGE cuts, among other things, have cut off funding for ongoing research into pediatric cancer.’

It was similar to how Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib held up a whiteboard that read, ‘You cut cancer research.’ 

Daniels had always had dreams of becoming a law enforcement officer. The 13-year-old has been battling brain cancer for six years, since his 2018 diagnosis. 

At the time, he was told he would likely only live another five months.

He was held up by his father for the touching moment as he received his badge from Director Sean Curran and Republicans in the House gallery chanted ‘DJ.’

‘He has always dreamed of becoming a police officer,’ Trump said. ‘But in 2018, DJ was diagnosed with brain cancer.’

‘The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six years ago. Since that time, DJ and his dad have been on a quest to make his dream come true.’

‘And tonight, DJ, we’re going to do you the biggest honor of them all.’

Democrats then went silent as Trump discussed his health policies. 

One Republican shouted, ‘MAHA baby!’

DJ had undergone 13 surgeries by the time he was 12 as he battles a rare brain and spine cancer with no cure.

He is trying to get sworn in to as many law enforcement agencies as possible as he and his family try to raise awareness about his condition.

Trump said during his speech that driving down childhood cancer rates and studying autism cases in the US will be a top priority for his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Childhood cancer remains rare in the US, with about 15,000 children diagnosed with the disease every year.

Cases of pediatric cancer have risen in recent years, but treatments have improved, leading to a decline in deaths from the disease.

‘Our goal is to get toxins out of our environment, poisons out of our food supply and keep our children healthy and strong,’ he said.