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Democrats disrupt, protest and wear pained expressions for Trump’s speech

Democrats disrupt, protest and wear pained expressions for Trump’s speech

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HouseDemocratsgreetedPresidentTrump’sreturntoCongressonTuesdaywithaspiritedseriesofdisruptiveprotests—andanumberofpainfullooksastheysufferedthroughanaddressinwhichthereturningpresidentrepeatedlycajoledandmockedthem. Allinall,itwasanextraordinarydisplayofpartisanscufflingevenbythestandardsofthepolarizedmodernera. TheclashesbeganjustminutesintoTrump’sjointaddresstoCongress,whenRep.AlGreen(D-Texas),a77-year-oldliberalfromHouston,stoodfromhisseatandheckledTrumpwithchargesthatthepresident’sproclaimed“mandate”wasnothingofthesort. TheoutburstpromptedSpeakerMikeJohnson(R-La.),whowasseatedonthedaisbehindTrump,towarnGreento“maintaindecorumintheHouse.”Whenthatdidn’twork,heorderedGreento“takeyourseat.”Whenthatalsofailed,JohnsondirectedtheHousesergeant-at-armstoremoveGreenfromthechamber. TheepisodeseemedtopainthetopDemocraticleaders—Reps.HakeemJeffries(N.Y.),KatherineClark(Mass.)andPeteAguilar(Calif.)�