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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander and Eric Garcia

Texas Democrat Al Green censured after repeatedly interrupting Trump’s speech to Congress

The House has voted to censure Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green for his repeated interruptions of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

The 77-year-old Green shook his cane at Trump as he shouted that the president had “no mandate to cut Medicaid.” After being told twice by Speaker Mike Johnson to sit down or be ejected, Green was escorted from the chamber by the sergeant-at-arms as Republicans cheered.

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