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Who is Al Green, the Democratic representative who was escorted out for interrupting Trump in his speech to Congress?

The President of the United States gave a speech both Houses of Congress on Tuesday night and was quickly interrupted by Texas Rep. Al Green

El representante de Texas, Al Green, abandonó la sala de sesiones de la Cámara de Representantes tras interrumpir el discurso de Trump.
Evelyn Hockstein
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President Donald Trump met with both Houses of Congress to give a state of affairs to both parties, but it didn’t go without interruption.

Trump interrupted at joint House speech

Texas Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House Chamber after interrupting the president’s speech on Tuesday night in Washington.

Trump was in the midst of praising his administration’s achievements since he took office and the supporters of the president greeted those acknowledgements with chants of “USA” but the Democrats matched those chants with boos.

As Green stood out of his seat and waved his cane in the air at the president and his supporting members, Speaker Mike Johnson stepped to the microphone and as he looked to keep “decorum in the House and and to cease any further disruptions.”

Green gets the boot

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The ruckus continued as President Trump waited for order to be restored. Finally Johnson stepped back to the microphone ordering Green to sit down. The Texas lawmaker refused and eventually was escorted out of the chamber by the House Sargent at Arms as many began to cheer “USA.”

Green is a lawyer and democrat who represents the ninth district of Texas. He has served on Congress since 2005 and is a known Trump proponent. Before that he served as Justice of Peace for Harris County in Texas from 1977-2005.

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