"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.
Al Green's removal has led social media users to call it a "double standard" after past Republican hecklers of Democratic presidents were allowed to stay.
Two days after Texas Rep. Al Green disrupted President Donald Trump's speech during a joint Congressional session, members of the House — including Democratic lawmakers from California — voted to censure Green.
“They just kicked African American Congressman Al Green out of Trump’s Speech,” wrote Democratic pundit Brian Krassenstein on X. “Weird that Marjorie Taylor Greene was never removed when she went off at Biden’s SOTU a few years ago.”
Al Green’s removal from Donald Trump’s Congress address after his interruption highlights a double standard between Democrats and Republicans, considering the many past interruptions from Marjorie Taylor Greene that failed to result in removal.
Texas Democratic Representative Al Green was removed as he shouted, "You have no mandate!" at President Donald 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.
Many Democrats are expressing frustration after outward protests of Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress were left largely to a 77-year-old congressman […]
Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas repeatedly interrupted President Trump’s speech, waving around his cane and shouting at the commander in chief.