Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech [View all]
Source: NBC News
March 4, 2025, 9:37 PM EST / Updated March 4, 2025, 10:00 PM EST
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after he disrupted President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress. Green, who has long pushed to impeach Trump dating to his previous term in office, stood and shook his cane toward the president in the opening minutes of his speech.
Other lawmakers cheered and booed Green, causing further chaos on the House floor as Trump paused. The uproar prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to read aloud from House rules. “Members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the House and to cease any further disruptions,” Johnson said, an admonishment aimed at Green.
After Green refused to sit and allow Trump to continue, Johnson called for the House sergeant at arms to remove him from the chamber. “Nah nah nah nah, goodbye,” Republicans chanted as Green was escorted from the room. Outside the chamber, Green told NBC News that as "a person of conscience," he believes Trump "has done things that I think we cannot allow to continue."
"This whole budget that he has is one that is going to cause Medicaid to be cut, and when he said he had a mandate, it triggered something. It really did. Because he doesn’t have a mandate, and he doesn’t have a mandate to cut health care from poor people," Green said. The chamber was filled with other signs of protest and pushback.
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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) shouts out as President Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025.
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BLUE Texas "in the House"! I.e., the home of Reps. Al Green and Jasmine Crockett (and previously the late Sheila Jackson-Lee). Love his "Constitution" tie!
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