10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest

10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest Ten Democrats joined with House Republicans on Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for his protest during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress this week — a formal condemnation of the Texas Democrat’s actions. The vote highlights divisions within the Democratic Party over how some members protested the president’s Tuesday night remarks. House Democratic leadership had urged members not to mount high-profile protests and show restraint during the address, cautioning such actions could be seized upon by the GOP. Censure amounts to a significant rebuke of a member of Congress, though it does not carry an explicit penalty beyond a public admonition of a lawmaker and is not as severe as expulsion. Censure, which was once considered rare in the House chamber, has been used more frequently in recent years. Democrats previously failed to kill the effort. Green, 77, disrupted Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, prompting House speaker Mike Johnson to remove the Democratic lawmaker from the chamber. Green on Wednesday told reporters he’d “suffer the consequences” of his protest and that he would do it all again. House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier Thursday criticized Green’s behavior during the speech as “shameful and egregious,” saying it “disgraced the institution of Congress.” “He deliberately violated House rules, and an expeditious vote of censure is an appropriate remedy. Any Democrat who is concerned about regaining the trust and respect of the American people should join House Republicans in this effort,” Johnson said in a morning what does it mean to censure a congressman what does it mean to be censured in congress censured what is censure what is a censure in congress censure meaning in congress censured in congress al green censure vote which democrats voted to censure al green what is a censure what does censured mean house censure what democrats voted to censure al green who voted to censure al green what is a censure vote censure vote meaning what does a censure do what does being censured mean censuring censure vote #donaldtrump #algreen #speech #protest #republican