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After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ejected Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) from President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, the House formally censured Green on Thursday.
Democratshadtriedtoblockthemeasurebutfailed.ThemeasurepassedwithRepublicanbackingandsupportfrom10Democrats.
ThetenDemocratswhovotedtocensureGreenareReps.AmiBera(D-Calif.),EdCase(D-Hawaii),JimCosta(D-Calif.),LauraGillen(D-N.Y.),JimHimes(D-Conn.),ChrissyHoulahan(D-Pa.),MarcyKaptur(D-Ohio),JaredMoskowitz(D-Fla.),MarieGluesenkampPerez(D-Wash.),andTomSuozzi(D-N.Y.).GreenandfreshmanRep.ShomariFigures(D-Ala.)voted“present.”
“AlGreen’schildishoutburstexposedthechaosanddysfunctionwithintheDemocratpartysincePresidentTrump’soverwhelmingwininNovemberandhissuccessinofficethusfar.Itisnotsurprising198DemocratsrefusedtosupportGreen’scensuregiventheirhistoryofradical,inflammatoryrhetoricfueledbyTrumpDerangementSyndrome,”HouseMajorityWhipTomEmmer(R-Minn.)said.
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