Green stood by his actions during Trump’s speech to Congress, which he said were taken with ‘intentionality’.
House lawmakers have voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, after he was thrown out of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the measure. Green himself voted “present,” along with first-term Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala.
“Al Green’s childish outburst exposed the chaos and dysfunction within the Democrat party since President Trump’s overwhelming win in November and his success in office thus far. It is not surprising 198 Democrats refused to support Green’s censure given their history of radical, inflammatory rhetoric fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital.
Before the formal censure could be read out to Green, however, Democrats upended House floor proceedings by gathering with the Texas Democrat and singing “We shall overcome.” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was forced to call the House into a recess after failing multiple times to quell the protest.