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Should Texas Rep. Al Green have been censured for his protest during President Trump’s address?
- Yes
- No
Suozzi–who represents Long Island’s 3rd District–was among ten House Democrats who voted with every Republican member to censure Texas Rep. Al Green on Thursday, March 6, for disrupting Trump’s address to Congress two days earlier.
In a post on X following the vote, Suozzi chided Green for distracting from issues like protecting Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.
“Instead of addressing rising costs, fixing immigration, and Ukraine, too many Americans are talking about a member of Congress being removed from the chamber. This is not helpful,” Suozzi wrote.
“I’m serious about building bipartisan coalitions to tackle these pressing concerns. It’s the only way. Both parties must hold themselves to the same standards we expect from the other side. I am angry about plenty that the President is doing and what he said the other night, but the punch, counterpunch is not working.”
Green stood up, raised his cane, and shouted at Trump minutes into his speech on Tuesday night. Speaker Mike Johnson, after first issuing a warning for Green to sit down, directed the sergeant at arms to “restore order” and “remove this gentleman from the chamber.”
Speaking on the House floor Thursday, Green said he was protesting Trump over the issue of Medicaid, and added that he had no '"ill feelings" toward Speaker Johnson.
"I did so because the president indicated that he had a mandate," Green told his colleagues. "And I wanted him to know that he didn’t have a mandate to cut Medicaid."
The resolution to censure–or formally reprimand–Green was introduced by Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Republican. It stated that Green’s protest amounted to a “breach of proper conduct.”
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