{"id":67304,"date":"2026-02-25T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/house-gop-moves-to-censure-dem-who-disrupted-trump-address-for-2nd-straight-year\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:59:35","slug":"house-gop-moves-to-censure-dem-who-disrupted-trump-address-for-2nd-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/house-gop-moves-to-censure-dem-who-disrupted-trump-address-for-2nd-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP moves to censure Dem who disrupted Trump address for 2nd straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>There&#8217;s a new House GOP effort to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, circulating after he was removed from President Donald Trump&#8217;s primetime address for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Green was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-rep-compares-himself-mlk-jr-rosa-parks-after-getting-booted-from-second-straight-trump-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ejected from Trump&#8217;s State<\/a> of the Union on Tuesday night minutes after it began. The Texas progressive held up a sign that read &#8220;Black people are not apes&#8221; in all capital letters as Trump entered the House chamber and remained standing and holding the sign as the president began speaking.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Rulli, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital that his office was now looking for other House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to support a censure resolution against Green.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His shenanigans at the State of the Union were uncalled for,&#8221; Rulli said on Wednesday. &#8220;We can&#8217;t really put up with that kind of conduct in Congress. Something had to be done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-dem-says-he-left-state-union-address-because-he-couldnt-endure-hours-trumps-lies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SENATE DEM SAYS HE LEFT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS BECAUSE HE COULDN&#8217;T ENDURE &#8216;HOURS OF TRUMP&#8217;S LIES&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking for as many co-sponsors from our conference as possible. And I&#8217;m reaching across the aisle for anyone over there that was embarrassed by their own guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rulli&#8217;s resolution, first obtained by Fox News Digital, said Green&#8217;s protest constituted a &#8220;breach of conduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The text also noted that it &#8220;was the second time in less than a year that the Representative from Texas had to be removed from the chamber by the Sergeant at Arms due to unpatriotic disruptions that violated numerous House rules related to decorum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives<\/a> voted to censure Green in March 2025 for his last protest, which included waving his cane and shouting over Trump as he attempted to give his speech.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, 10 Democrats joined Republicans in passing that resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Green told reporters on Tuesday night after being removed from the House for a second time, &#8220;I refuse to tolerate this level of hate that the president is in fact putting into policy. We must take a stand against this level of invidious discrimination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nancy-pelosi-stumbles-cnn-after-being-pressed-call-out-sotu-over-congressional-stock-trading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NANCY PELOSI STUMBLES ON CNN AFTER BEING PRESSED ON CALL-OUT AT SOTU OVER CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted him to know, and I wanted them to see it and hear it. Up close. But judging from the expression on his face, he got the message. He saw it,&#8221; Green said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., did not commit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/johnson-says-hes-open-changing-house-censure-rules-after-week-political-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holding a vote on<\/a> a censure resolution when asked about the prospect after Trump&#8217;s speech but said he would defer to the will of his lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Al Green was removed pretty quickly. I don&#8217;t know if censure is going to be appropriate. I&#8217;ll let our colleagues decide that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;The point of a censure, is to bring someone to the House floor and bring shame upon them for their actions. I think they showed the American people shame already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to Green&#8217;s office for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: There&#8217;s a new House GOP effort to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, circulating after he was removed from President Donald Trump&#8217;s primetime address for the second year in a row. Green was ejected from Trump&#8217;s State of the Union on Tuesday night minutes after it began. 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