Ten Democrats joined with Republicans in the House of Representatives in voting to censure Rep. Al Green of Texas for interrupting President Donald Trump‘s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4.
The vote was 224-198, with Green voting present.
While President Trump was speaking about having a mandate from voters after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, Green stood up and started shouting at Trump. He angrily shook his cane and yelled that Trump had “no mandate.”
After refusing to sit down, Green was removed from the chamber by the Sergeant at Arms at the request of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The next day, Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington introduced a resolution to censure Green, accusing him of engaging in a “breach of proper conduct” during the speech.
Speaking during the debate on his censure, Green defended his actions.
“I heard the speaker when he said that I should cease. I did not, and I did not with intentionality. It was not done out of a burst of emotion,” Green said.
“I think that on some questions, questions of conscience, you have to be willing to suffer the consequences. And I have said I will. I will suffer whatever the consequences are, because I don’t believe that in the richest country in the world, people should be without good healthcare.”
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