Texas Democrat Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House by security guards on the speaker’s order. According to the World News Agency, when US President Donald Trump began his longest speech in Congress, opposition member Al Green stood up and shouted that the president had no mandate.
Al Green protested strongly against President Trump and criticized his policies. The US president could not continue his speech.
Upon which the Speaker of the House summoned the Sergeant at Arms to restore order in the hall.
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Speaker Mike Johnson ordered the Sergeant at Arms to escort the assemblyman who disrupted the order of the House out of the House.
Implementing the order, security guards escorted 78-year-old Democrat member of the House of Representatives Al Green out of the House.
“It was important to let people know that some of us will stand up to this president,” Green told reporters after leaving the House.
Green added that Donald Trump does not have the mandate to end a critical health care program that benefits 80 million people.
During President Trump’s speech in the House, some Democrats held up placards in support of protecting the health care program and supporting benefits for retired soldiers.
Similarly, female Democrats wore pink in solidarity with the health care program.
