Congressman Al Green of Texas removed from Trump's speech amid protest

Who is Al Green, congressman from Texas removed from Trump's speech?

Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, was escorted from the chamber Tuesday night for shouting during President Trump's 2025 address to a joint session of Congress.

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Congressman Al Green removed from Trump address after heckling president

Mike Johnson orders Texas lawmaker’s removal after Green repeatedly interrupted Trump’s joint speech to Congress. House speaker Mike Johnson ordered Texas representative Al Green removed from the ...

The Guardian - 1d

Al Green Removed From House Chamber for Heckling Trump During Speech

Republicans had the Texas Democrat, who introduced the first articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017, ejected after he shouted at the president and refused to sit down.

The New York Times - 1d

Watch: Congressman Al Green ejected from chamber after disrupting Trump speech

The disturbance occurred during the first few minutes of the president's address to US Congress.

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Watch: Rep. Al Green removed from House floor after Trump speech interruption

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the room after interrupting President Trump's address to the joint session of Congress.

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Democratic Rep. Al Green removed from chamber after outburst during Trump speech

Trump had just referenced his Nov. 5 election victory, when Rep. Al Green, an 11-term Democrat stood up and began calling out.

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Democratic Rep. Al Green removed after disrupting Trump's speech

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after he disrupted President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress.

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Al Green on protest at Trump speech: ‘He needs to save Medicaid’

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) opened up about the moment he was escorted out of the House chamber Tuesday evening, saying he protested at President Trump’s joint address to Congress because “he needs to ...

The Hill - 1d

House Democrats call Al Green Trump speech protest ‘inappropriate’

Several House Democrats disapproved of their colleague Rep. Al Green’s (D-Texas) disruption during President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Rep. George Latimer (D-N.Y.), speaking to ...

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Democrat Al Green removed from House after interrupting, heckling Trump

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was removed from the House chamber where President Trump was giving his address to a joint session of Congress after the congressman heckled the president early in his ...

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House tees up final vote to censure Al Green for protest at Trump speech

The House on Wednesday teed up a final vote on a resolution to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. The chamber voted 209-211-1 ...

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Axelrod calls Al Green 'despicable' for Trump address protest

Democratic strategist David Axelrod described Rep. Al Green’s (D-Texas) outbursts at President Trump’s address to Congress as “despicable.” “I think what Al Green did was despicable. I liked Elissa ...

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House GOP moves to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump speech

The Texas Democrat said he was "willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me."

CBS News - 22h

House votes to censure Al Green for disrupting Trump speech

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his protest during President Trump’s address to Congress this week — a disruptive display that prompted his removal from the House ...

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House censures Rep. Al Green for outburst during Trump speech

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse, who introduced the resolution, said the moment "is truly a wakeup call for this chamber."

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House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the Texas Democrat after he was ejected from the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Mr. Green voted ...

The New York Times - 27m

House votes to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's speech to Congress

The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday.

NBC News - 46m

House censures Rep. Al Green for heckling Trump during speech to Congress

Fewer than 30 members of the House of Representatives have been censured. Green said about interrupting Trump, "Truthfully, I would do it again."

CNBC - 46m

House Republicans tee up vote to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's speech

House Republicans on Wednesday teed up a vote to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.

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Johnson: Democratic Rep. Al Green should be censured for ‘shameful’ protest

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be censured for his “shameful” protest during President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. The comments ...

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Democrat Al Green ejected from chamber for heckling

Green is a fierce critic of Donald Trump and previously called for his impeachment.

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Full Video: Rep. Al Green ejected from Trump address to Congress for heckling

"You're a liar!" yelled some Democrats at President Trump as he delivered a speech on Capitol Hill. Other Democratic members of Congress walked out.

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It’s Hard Not to Protest a Speech Like Trump’s Congress Speech

Democrats have spent weeks hand-wringing over how to respond to Trump’s machine-gunning of American institutions.

The New York Times - 1d

Government ethics watchdog removed from post amid legal fight with Trump administration

Hampton Dellinger challenged his termination last month as head of the Office of Special Counsel by filing a lawsuit against several Trump administration officials.

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Key takeaways from Trump's speech to Congress: A focus on culture wars and GOP unity, as Democrats protest

President Donald Trump touted his newly imposed tariffs and basked in Republican applause for his administration's swift early actions, while drawing a wave of protests from Democrats as he spoke ...

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Rep. Al Green escorted out of House chamber for interrupting Trump's address

House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered the Sergeant at Arms to remove Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas from the lower chamber for interrupting President Trump during his address to Congress. Watch the ...

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Rep. Al Green's outburst is just the latest in a long list of criticisms of Trump

Rep. Al Green is believed to be he first lawmaker in modern history to be thrown out of a Joint Session of Congress or a State of the Union address.

ABC News - 18h

House censures Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump address to Congress

The House has voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his outburst during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The vote was 224 to 198 with 10 Democrats joining ...

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Trump says Al Green should be forced to take IQ test

President Trump on Thursday said that Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) should be forced to take an IQ test after the congressman was removed from his joint address and later censured by the House. “[He] ...

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Here’s How Democrats Are Protesting Trump’s Speech to Congress

Many Democrats are taking guests who they say have been hurt by Elon Musk’s gutting of the federal bureaucracy. Several others will skip the speech and host counterprogramming, such as live ...

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Trump removes Ice chief amid apparent frustration over rate of deportations

Caleb Vitello reassigned as administration reportedly unhappy at slow rate of arrests and deportations. Donald Trump’s presidential administration has reassigned its top official at US Immigration ...

The Guardian - Feb. 21

Trump admin removes migrants from Guantanamo Bay

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have removed deported migrants from a facility on the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where the Trump administration brought them as ...

The Hill - Feb. 21

Democrats' silent protests of Trump speech overshadowed by one outburst

While Rep. Al Green was escorted out after an outburst, his Democratic colleagues largely opted for quieter forms of opposing Trump during his speech to Congress.

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Democrats disrupt, protest and wear pained expressions for Trump’s speech

House Democrats greeted President Trump’s return to Congress on Tuesday with a spirited series of disruptive protests – and a number of painful looks as they suffered through an address in which ...

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Democrats Wore Pink to Protest Trump’s Congress Speech. But Was It a Moment?

But is this really a “Barbie” moment?

The New York Times - 23h

'This is not normal': Who held up the protest sign before Trump's speech?

Just over the president's shoulder you may have spotted a small, handwritten sign. It read, "This is NOT Normal," in black ink.

The Hill - 21h

Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks after Democratic protests to Trump speech

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Thursday morning, days after Democrats showed their disdain for President Trump's executive actions in various ways ...

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Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburb. The proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the ...

The Guardian - 1h

House Freedom Caucus to offer censure of Al Green

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Congressman Al Green of Texas removed from Trump's speech amid protest

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