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House lawmakers have voted to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) following his removal from President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night.
The measure passed with ten Democrats joining Republicans in support. Green himself voted “present,” as did first-term Rep. Shomari Figures (D-AL), Fox News reported on Thursday.
“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.
The outlet noted that the 10 Democrats who voted to censure Green are Reps. Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Laura Gillen, D-N.Y.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.
BREAKING: Ten Democrats join Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX) after he was thrown out of President Trump's address to Congress. Democrats respond to the vote with a song. pic.twitter.com/Mu4J4W3riq
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Republicans moved swiftly on Wednesday to introduce competing resolutions to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX), with three separate proposals being drafted within hours of each other.
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), whose resolution ultimately received a House vote on Thursday morning, had reportedly contacted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) immediately after Trump’s speech ended Tuesday night to begin drafting a censure resolution.
Meanwhile, the House Freedom Caucus sought to follow through on its earlier warning that any Democrat who disrupted Trump’s address would face censure. At the same time, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) introduced his own censure resolution against Green, which quickly gained more than 30 House GOP co-sponsors.
On Wednesday afternoon, Newhouse took to the House floor and designated his resolution as “privileged,” a procedural move that forced House leaders to act on the measure within two legislative days, Fox noted.
Newhouse told Fox News Digital after the vote, “President Trump’s address to Congress was not a debate or a forum; he was invited by the Speaker to outline his agenda for the American people. The actions by my colleague from Texas broke the rules of decorum in the House, and he must be held accountable.”
An effort by most House Democrats to prevent the resolution from being voted on was unsuccessful on Wednesday.
The 77-year-old Democrat was escorted out of Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night after repeatedly disrupting the opening moments of the president’s speech.
He shouted, “You have no mandate!” at Trump as he touted Republican victories in the House, Senate and White House.
Speaker Mike Johnson ordered Rep. Al Green to be removed by the U.S. Sergeant-at-Arms during Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night.
Green’s outburst was part of a larger pattern of Democratic protests, with some lawmakers engaging in both silent and vocal demonstrations against Trump’s speech. Democrats also faced criticism for refusing to stand and applaud when Trump honored a 13-year-old boy who survived brain cancer by naming him an honorary Secret Service agent.
On Thursday, Johnson publicly challenged Democrats to join Republicans in voting for Green’s censure resolution.
“Despite my repeated warnings, he refused to cease his antics, and I was forced to remove him from the chamber,” Johnson posted on X. “He deliberately violated House rules, and an expeditious vote of censure is an appropriate remedy. Any Democrat who is concerned about regaining the trust and respect of the American people should join House Republicans in this effort.”
Green, who shook Newhouse’s hand before addressing his own censure, stood by his actions on Wednesday.
“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.”