All posts tagged "Al Green"

President Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed an attack on a longtime Democratic lawmaker who was unseated in a primary runoff in Texas — after the president pressured state leaders to redistrict.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was defeated on Tuesday in a "rare incumbent-on-incumbent" Democratic runoff in Texas' 18th Congressional District, NBC News reported. Green, an outspoken critic of Trump, had challenged the president throughout this administration.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Al Green (D-TX) broke his silence after he was forced out of the State of the Union address Tuesday night over confronting President Donald Trump.

Just as the president entered the House Chamber, Majority Leader of the House Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) ripped a sign of Green's that said "Black people aren't apes" moments before Trump delivered his speech.

"As you know, the president has depicted the former president, the Obamas, as apes. And if we tolerate this level of racism and perpetuate it, I refuse to tolerate it," Green told Raw Story. ...

Majority Leader of the House Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) ripped a sign from Rep. Al Green (D-TX) that said "Black people aren't apes" just before President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address.

Trump was walking down the aisle of the House Chamber when Scalise stopped to pull down Green's sign, which was referring to the president's recent attack on former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

Green was later escorted out of the chambers. ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to regain control of the House floor Thursday as some Democrats protested the censure of Rep. Al Green (D-TX) by singing, "We Shall Overcome."

The House adopted the measure with a 224-198-2 vote. Ten Democrats voted with Republican lawmakers to censure Green for his outburst during President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night. Green was removed from the chamber at the time so Trump could continue his address.

After being ejected, Green told reporters, "I'll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security."...

The President has got a lot of attention for his apparently impromptu performance of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at the Apollo Theater in Harlem earlier this month. But it took late night comedian Jay Leno to ask his wife what she thought.

If President Barack Obama ever quits his day job, he could have a bright future as a soul singer.