{"id":10501,"date":"2025-03-05T03:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T03:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congressman-al-green-of-texas-removed-from-trumps-speech-amid-protest\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T03:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T03:15:49","slug":"congressman-al-green-of-texas-removed-from-trumps-speech-amid-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congressman-al-green-of-texas-removed-from-trumps-speech-amid-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Al Green of Texas removed from Trump&#8217;s speech amid protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0President Trump&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-2025-speech-joint-address-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">address to a joint session of Congress<\/a><\/span> was quickly interrupted Tuesday night, as Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas stood and shouted in protest when Mr. Trump began touting his victory in the 2024 election. Green was quickly escorted from House chamber.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is Al Green?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Green, 77, has represented a Houston, Texas, district in the House since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Democrat has previously pushed to remove Mr. Trump from office, authoring articles of impeachment against him during the president&#8217;s first term. He threatened to do so again last month after the president suggested the U.S. would take over Gaza. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why was Congressman Green escorted out of Trump&#8217;s joint address?<\/h2>\n<p>After <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-watch-trump-speech-address-congress-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump kicked off his speech<\/a><\/span> declaring that &#8220;America is back,&#8221; to applause and chants of &#8220;USA&#8221; from Republicans, he celebrated his victory in the 2024 election, saying &#8220;the presidential election of Nov. 5 was a mandate like has not been seen in many decades.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>As the president cited his victory in the swing states and claimed to have won the popular vote by &#8220;big numbers,&#8221; Green could be seen shouting as he stood and raised his cane in the president&#8217;s direction. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Rep. Al Green shouts out as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" height=\"449\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/05\/ab2e1754-e231-4e1e-b646-30dc7a9f3275\/thumbnail\/620x449\/bfb834e91be663d60b0277498a29aa5e\/gettyimages-2203340223.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/05\/ab2e1754-e231-4e1e-b646-30dc7a9f3275\/thumbnail\/1240x898\/69bdd9e32ca3056e5d6b66ca8e69d40a\/gettyimages-2203340223.jpg?v=63a2b43e2ef8917aa6bd547ca29dd4fa 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Rep. Al Green shouts out as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson, seated behind Mr. Trump on the dais, gaveled down and warned Green to be quiet, saying &#8220;members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the house and to cease any further disruptions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s your warning,&#8221; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>As Green continued, Johnson repeatedly urged him to take his seat, before directing the sergeant at arms to &#8220;restore order&#8221; and &#8220;remove this gentleman from the chamber.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After he was removed from the chamber, Green told reporters that he was &#8220;willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever the punishment is,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not fighting the punishment. This is about the people who are being punished by virtue of losing their health care. This is the richest country in the world, and we have people who don&#8217;t have good health care. We&#8217;ve got to do better and now we&#8217;re about to cut Medicaid, which is for poor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The interruption came after questions swirled about how Democrats would conduct themselves during Mr. Trump&#8217;s address. A group of House Democratic women <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/why-congresswomen-wearing-pink-trump-speech-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">wore pink Tuesday night to protest<\/a><\/span> how they say the president&#8217;s policies are &#8220;devastating women,&#8221; while other lawmakers held up signs or otherwise displayed their discontent.<\/p>\n<p>A small number of Democrats opted not to attend Tuesday night&#8217;s address, including Sens. 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But Democrats didn&#8217;t stage a large-scale boycott of the speech. <\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries outlined expectations in a letter to colleagues, saying that while the decision to attend is a &#8220;personal one&#8221; he emphasized that it&#8217;s &#8220;important to have a strong, determined and dignified Democratic presence in the chamber.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kaia-hubbard\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kaia Hubbard<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kaia Hubbard is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congressman-al-green-removed-trump-speech\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington\u00a0\u2014\u00a0President Trump&#8217;s address to a joint session of Congress was quickly interrupted Tuesday night, as Democratic Rep. 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