Screaming match breaks out in House after vote to censure Democrat Al Green
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TheHousevotedonThursdaytocensureDemocratAlGreenoverhisoutburstatPresidentDonaldTrump’sspeechtoCongressonTuesdaynight.
TheRepublican-ledeffortpassed224-198withtwomembersvotingpresent,oneofthembeingGreen.TenDemocratsvotedtocensureGreen.
TheTexasDemocratwasimmediatelycalledtothewellforapublicreadingoftheresolutionbySpeakerMikeJohnson.GreenandotherDemocratssurroundinghimtherebegansingingthecivilrightsanthem“WeShallOvercome,”whichpromptedtheRepublicansidetoyell“order.”
AscreamingmatchbetweenHouseDemocratsandRepublicansbrokeout.Atonepoint,DemocraticRep.AyannaPressleyyelledback,“Shameonyou!”DemocraticRep.RashidaTlaibalsoshoutedatRepublicans.
InabriefappearanceonFoxNewsafterthevote,Johnsoncalledit“areallysaddayforourinstitution.”
Rep.AndyOgles,ahardlinememberoftheHouseFreedomCaucus,postedonXhe’salreadydraftingaresolutiontoremoveeachoftheDemocratswhodemonstratedalong