Rep. Al Green Censured By Congress

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On Thursday morning, Rep. Al Green was censured by members of Congress days after he interrupted President Trump’s joint address to Congress.

Rep. Al Green announced he was being censured on X and wrote, “During the 10:00 hour ET, Congressman Al Green will be censured this morning for standing up to President Trump.”

Take a look:

Congress voted in favor of Green’s censure in a 224-198 vote.

Per CBS:

The House is expected to vote Thursday morning to reprimand Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas for disrupting President Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Green suggested in a social media post Thursday morning that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

“During the 10:00 hour ET, Congressman Al Green will be censured this morning for standing up to President Trump,” Green wrote on X.

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, who introduced the resolution to censure Green, said the move was not personal and called it a “difficult step.”

“We cannot ignore the willful disruption intended to stop a proceeding,” Newhouse, who is one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump over the Capitol riot, said Wednesday. “Without decorum, without respect, what do we got? What do we have, truly?”

Per ABC News:

The House voted on Thursday to censure Democrat Al Green over his outburst at President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday night.

The Republican-led effort passed 224-198 with two members voting present, one of them being Green. Ten Democrats voted on the resolution to censure Green.

Green was ejected from the joint session on Tuesday after interrupting the president’s speech and refusing to sit down despite warnings from Speaker Mike Johnson.

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By Wednesday morning, several members of the GOP conference were circulating different resolutions to censure Green. Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse was the first to formally introduce a resolution on the House floor on Wednesday.

“Decorum and order are the institutional grounds for the way we do business in the United States Congress, and the sheer disregard for that standard during President Trump’s address by the gentleman from Texas is unacceptable,” Newhouse said in a statement. “A Member’s refusal to adhere to the Speaker’s direction to cease such behavior, regardless of their party, has and will continue to be reprimanded in the people’s House.”



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