For the second year in a row, Texas Democrat Al Green was kicked out of last night’s State of the Union.
Green, a vocal President Trump critic, brandished a sign that said “Black people aren’t apes” as he was escorted out of the chamber. He also declined to sit as Trump began speaking.
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Republican lawmakers cheered as Green was kicked out of Trump’s State of the Union.
Green was also kicked out of the Capitol last year during Trump’s joint address to Congress, wielding a cane and shouting, “You don’t have a mandate.”
At the time, the Texas Democrat pointed his finger at Trump and was quieted down on a few occasions before interjecting again.
Reports indicate that Green’s sign was in response to Trump posting a since-deleted video on his Truth Social that raised doubts about the 2020 election and ended with a clip depicting former President Barack Obama as an ape.
It appears that the post came from a screen recording of the election video and that a meme video showing Trump as the king of the jungle with top pols portrayed as characters in the “Lion King” began playing automatically afterwards.
The White House claimed that a staffer posted the video in error, and Trump denied seeing the ape clip beforehand, telling reporters that “of course” he condemns it.
That incident had sparked backlash from multiple Republican lawmakers in Congress.