> Rep. Green said he wants Medicaid protected as he heckled Pres. Trump
Rep. Green said he wants Medicaid protected as he heckled Pres. Trump
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“It has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action,” President Trump said of his opening weeks in office in an address to the joint session to Congress. “The People elected me to do the job, and I am doing it.”
Out of power, Democrats made an immediate display of dissent with stone faces, placards calling out ’lies,” and Texas Rep. Al Green's ejection from the House chamber after heckling Trump that he had “no mandate to cut Medicaid.”
After several interruptions, House Speaker Mike Johnson jumped in and called for decorum to be restored in the chamber as Republicans shouted “USA” to drown out the cries from the other side of the aisle. Johnson then ordered Green be removed from the chamber.
Other Democrats held up signs criticizing like “Save Medicaid” and “Protect Veterans” during Trump’s remarks, seeking to drive public awareness to elements of Trump’s agenda they believed might offer them a pathway back to the majority.