Americans witnessed an unprecedented display of incivility during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night when Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, had to be physically removed from the House chamber after disrupting the president’s speech.
Now, the Houston-area congressman has been censured by his colleagues, on a vote of 224 to 198.
Ten Democrats joined with House Republicans on Thursday to censure Green for his violation of House rules, and the House Freedom Caucus announced a bill to strip Green of his committee assignments. The House censure is a formal condemnation by the legislative body, but it does not revoke privileges from Green.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told The Daily Signal and other conservative social media influencers that Green was “belligerent” and “so disrespectful.” No Republicans had to be…
