Moment Donald Trump boots opposition politician out of bombshell Congress speech

Usually protesting lawmakers are just told to be quiet and allowed to return to their seat, but Democrat Al Green was the first in recent memory to be ejected from Congress during Trump's speech

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Rep Al Green kicked out of chamber after interrupting Trump's speech

The protesting politician booted out of Donald Trump's Congress address has spoken out to show there are some lawmakers "who are going to stand up" to the president.

Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas shook his cane as he yelled across the hall, with his Republican opponents stoking up a deafening chorus of "USA, USA" to drown him out. Green isn't the first to take a stand during a presidential address, but he's the first in recent history to be ejected from the hall.

Speaking to reporters outside, Green said his outburst - and the potential of being punished for it - was worth it. His main point, which he struggled to get across due to Republican chants, was challenging the president's claim that he "had a mandate".

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) shouts out as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress (

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"I was making it clear that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid", Green told reporters. Around 80 million Americans use Medicaid - a federal program that assists states to provide medical care to those who are eligible. "It’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president.”

The outburst came just moments after Trump started his speech on an already-uneasy night. On one side, emotionless Democrats - who are now the minority in the House - sat silently, while whooping Republicans sat on the other side.

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) holds a protest sign with fellow Democrats (

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As Green rose to speak, shaking his walking cane at the president, the Republicans drowned him out with muscular chants of “USA! USA!” Johnson eyed the situation from his perch on the dais behind Trump, appearing hesitant to interrupt the president’s address. But the speaker was shaking his head and clearly desiring decorum in the chamber. Vice President JD Vance motioned with his thumb to throw Green out.

The speaker issued a warning for order, banging the gavel. “Take your seat, sir!” But the long-serving congressman remained standing. And then Johnson ordered the Sergeant at Arms to restore order by removing Green from the chamber. Rarely has a lawmaker been so swiftly and severely disciplined for improper behavior.

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Johnson said afterward that Green should be censured by the House — among the more severe reprimands his colleagues could mete out. "He’s made history in a terrible way,” Johnson told reporters afterward. “If they want to make a 77-year-old heckling congressman the face of their resistance, if that’s the Democrat Party, so be it,” Johnson said. “But we will not tolerate it on the House floor."

In past years, several lawmakers have raised their voices to shout at presidents – from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shouts against President Joe Biden and the “You lie!” outburst from Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. against President Barack Obama.

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Of course, during Trump’s first term, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not raise her voice, but silently ripped up the president’s speech on the dais, once he had finished delivering it. Green has been a pivotal lawmaker since he was first elected to Congress in 2004, often standing as he did Tuesday night, alone.

He introduced articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017, maneuvering around party leadership. And he did it again in 2019, shortly before the House led by Pelosi actually did move forward with separate impeachment proceedings over Trump withholding funding for Ukraine as it battled Russia.

Green speaking to reporters after being ejected from the chamber (

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Last year, Green stunned his own colleagues when he dashed from his hospital bed where he was recovering from surgery to vote against the Republican effort to impeach Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. With his arrival, the vote failed, though Republicans recouped and impeached Mayorkas days later.

Green warned Tuesday against Republican efforts in their budget proposal to change Medicaid, which is the program he said many people in his Houston-area district rely on for health care. He also warned against cuts to Medicare, the program for seniors, and the Social Security retirement program.

“This is about the people being punished by virtue of losing their health care,” Green said. “This is the richest country in the world,” he said. “And health care is about to become wealth care, and we can't let that happen.” Green has said he is working on new articles of impeachment against Trump. "This president is unfit,” Green said. “He should not hold the office.”

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