House Republicans Move to Censure Rep. Al Green For Disrupting President Trump’s Speech

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After Democrat Rep. Al Green was removed for disrupting President Trump’s joint address on Tuesday evening, House Republicans took swift action to hold him accountable for the dumb stunt.

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse introduced a resolution today to censure Al Green. The resolution condemns Rep. Green’s behavior as a “breach of proper conduct.”

After it was introduced, the House of Representatives moved quickly to hold a vote and move the resolution forward.

In a major victory for House Republicans, the vote to move the censure forward was passed 211-209, along party lines. Not a single Democrat joined Republicans to censure Al Green.

Tomorrow, a final vote is scheduled to approve the censure.

Here’s what’s happening:

Fox News reported:

A resolution to reprimand Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, survived a procedural hurdle late Wednesday afternoon, teeing the measure up for a House-wide vote.

Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., introduced a censure resolution against the Texas Democrat earlier in the day amid widespread GOP anger at Democrats who protested President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday.

Democrats pushed for a vote to table the resolution, which would have effectively killed it. But it failed to pass, and a vote on the measure itself is expected sometime this week.

Fox News Digital was told that Newhouse had been in contact with House GOP leadership about his resolution since Trump’s speech ended last night.

There had been multiple resolutions circulating among House Republicans to censure Green for interrupting Trump’s speech, but Newhouse’s appears to be the measure with House GOP leaders’ blessing.

“I believe it is the first one out of the gate,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters on Wednesday morning. “I think [Green’s protest is] unprecedented. Certainly in the modern era. It wasn’t an excited utterance. It was a, you know, planned, prolonged protest.”

The 77-year-old Democrat was removed from Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night after repeatedly disrupting the beginning 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.

CBS News added:

House Republicans are moving to punish Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas after he heckled President Trump on Tuesday during his address to a joint session of Congress.

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure Green for the disruption. Newhouse is one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.The resolution was introduced as “privileged,” which forces the House to vote on the matter within two legislative days. It says Green’s behavior “was a breach of proper conduct.”

Democrats tried to kill the resolution, but the effort was rejected in a party-line vote with 209 Democrats voting in favor and 211 Republicans opposed. One Democrat voted present. The censure resolution could get a floor vote as soon as Thursday.

Green was quickly removed from the House chamber just minutes into Mr. Trump’s speech after he stood and raised his cane in the president’s direction and shouted. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, warned Green to take his seat and “maintain decorum,” but the Texas Democrat continued. Johnson then directed the sergeant at arms to “restore order” and “remove this gentleman from the chamber.”

After his removal, Green said he was “willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me.”

“I’m not fighting the punishment,” he said.

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