Trump speech silent protests overshadowed by Congress member's removal from House floor
While Rep. Al Green was escorted out after an outburst, his Democratic colleagues largely opted for quieter forms of opposing Trump during his speech to Congress.
WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats silently protested President Donald Trump during his first speech to Congress of his second term — refusing to applaud, holding up signs calling him "king" and "liar" and, for some, walking out of the address altogether.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, didn’t get the memo.
After Trump told lawmakers he had won a mandate, the progressive rabble-rouser rose, began waving his cane at Trump and yelled out repeatedly: “You have no mandate!”
“Sit down!” retorted Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo. And two Trump loyalists, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., stood up, pointed at and jeered the Democrat.
The sergeant at arms promptly removed Green from the chamber — a first during modern-day presidential addresses to Congress.
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