Democratic Congressman Removed From Trump Speech in Unprecedented Move
The New Republic (nprofile…6kn7)
At the beginning of Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday night, Democratic Representative Al Green was removed from the chamber after interrupting the president. Green reportedly kept yelling at Trump, “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” The Houston-area congressman, 77, also waved his cane in the direction of the president. Speaker Mike Johnson warned Green to stop several times—before ordering the sergeant of arms to remove him from the chamber. Boos breakout and Trump’s speech is interrupted pic.twitter.com/KeX9Pj257i— Acyn (@Acyn) March 5, 2025Rep. Al Green is ALL of us right now! pic.twitter.com/jJ860s5bvk— NextGen America 🗳 (@NextGenAmerica) March 5, 2025Al Green is removed pic.twitter.com/JP4DFfay0P— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2025Green’s removal is unprecedented in the history of presidential addresses to Congress, as dissenting members of Congress usually aren’t removed from the chamber, even if they’ve shouted at the president. Green, who has already introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, probably won’t mind being the first.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192329/democratic-congressman-al-green-removed-trump-speech-congress-protest
At the beginning of Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday night, Democratic Representative Al Green was removed from the chamber after interrupting the president. Green reportedly kept yelling at Trump, “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” The Houston-area congressman, 77, also waved his cane in the direction of the president. Speaker Mike Johnson warned Green to stop several times—before ordering the sergeant of arms to remove him from the chamber. Boos breakout and Trump’s speech is interrupted pic.twitter.com/KeX9Pj257i— Acyn (@Acyn) March 5, 2025Rep. Al Green is ALL of us right now! pic.twitter.com/jJ860s5bvk— NextGen America 🗳 (@NextGenAmerica) March 5, 2025Al Green is removed pic.twitter.com/JP4DFfay0P— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 5, 2025Green’s removal is unprecedented in the history of presidential addresses to Congress, as dissenting members of Congress usually aren’t removed from the chamber, even if they’ve shouted at the president. Green, who has already introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, probably won’t mind being the first.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192329/democratic-congressman-al-green-removed-trump-speech-congress-protest