"If they want to make a 77-year-old heckling congressman the face of their resistance, if thats the Democrat Party, so be it," Johnson said. "But we will not tolerate it on the House floor."Green told reporters that he is "willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me."CL...
Who is Al Green? Green, 77, has represented a Houston, Texas, district in the House since 2005.Why was Congressman Green escorted out of Trump's joint address?After Mr. Trump kicked off his speech declaring that "America is back," to applause and chants of "USA" from Republicans, he ...
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 ...
House speaker Mike Johnson ordered Texas representative Al Green removed from the House chamber on Tuesday night after the congressman repeatedly interrupted Donald Trumps joint address to Congress on Tuesday, shouting: He has no mandate.As the president started his speech by discussing his electoral...
Rep. Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, was swiftly escorted from the House chamber Tuesday night after interrupting President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress .Green, a 77-year-old congressman, was ejected for shouting early on during Mr. Trump's speech , in which the ...
Also in 2023, now former Congressman Jamaal Bowman, was censured for falsely pulling a fire alarm while Congress was in session. Twenty-eight members of the House have been censured in total. 美国国会投票决定谴责得克萨斯州民主党人艾尔·格林（Al Green），他在周二打断总统唐纳德·特朗普（...
Why was Congressman Green escorted out of Trump's joint address? AfterMr. Trump kicked off his speechdeclaring that "America is back," to applause and chants of "USA" from Republicans, he celebrated his victory in the 2024 election, saying "the presidential election of Nov. 5 was a mandate...
Rep. Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, was swiftlyescorted from the House chamberTuesday night after interrupting President Trump'saddress to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Housevoted to censureGreen for the disruption. Green, a 77-year-old congressman, was ejected for shouting ...
Johnson said Tuesday after Mr. Trump's speech that Green "should be censured," calling the disruption "a spectacle that was not necessary." "He's made history in a terrible way," Johnson told reporters. "If they want to make a 77-year-old heckling congressman the face of their ...
Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down, to behave, to show decorum, Boebert told Real Americas Voice, a far-right outlet, while discussing the Texas Democratic congressmans ejection from the House chamber for shouting about Trumps threats to social benefits spending...