Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber Tuesday night after he disrupted President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Green, who has long pushed to impeach Trump dating to his previous term in office, stood and shook his cane toward the president in the opening minutes of his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other lawmakers cheered and booed Green, causing further chaos on the House floor as Trump paused. The uproar prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to read aloud from House rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMembers are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the House and to cease any further disruptions,\u201d Johnson said, an admonishment aimed at Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Green refused to sit and allow Trump to continue, Johnson called for the House sergeant at arms to remove him from the chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNah nah nah nah, goodbye,\u201d Republicans chanted as Green was escorted from the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside the chamber, Green told NBC News that as “a person of conscience,” he believes Trump “has done things that I think we cannot allow to continue.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This whole budget that he has is one that is going to cause Medicaid to be cut, and when he said he had a mandate, it triggered something. It really did. Because he doesn\u2019t have a mandate, and he doesn\u2019t have a mandate to cut health care from poor people,” Green said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chamber was filled with other signs of protest and pushback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Members of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus wore pink<\/a> to protest Trump\u2019s policies on women and families. Other Democrats wore blue and yellow ties in support of Ukraine, days after Trump and Vice President JD Vance tangled with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an unexpectedly hostile Oval Office meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also visible on some Democratic members: stickers accusing Elon Musk of \u201cstealing Social Security.\u201d Musk, a billionaire whose government efficiency initiative is scrutinizing Social Security finances<\/a>, has called the program a \u201cPonzi scheme.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some Democrats also held black paddles that read \u201cSAVE MEDICAID,\u201d \u201cPROTECT VETERANS\u201d and \u201cMUSK STEALS.\u201d Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., held a white board that read \u201cTHAT\u2019S A LIE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A group of House Democrats also took off their jackets and revealed black shirts with writing on the back. Reps. Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Andrea Salinas of Oregon had shirts reading “Resist,” and Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida had one saying, “No more kings.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., posted on X that she walked out of the speech because she found the president’s remarks “shameful.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n