The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted 224-198 to censure Rep. All Green (D-Texas) for disrupting Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
10 Democrats joined all Republicans in the House in approving the censure resolution.
The 10 Democrats are:
- Rep. Ami Bera (Calif.)
- Rep. Ed Case (Hawaii)
- Rep. Jim Costa (Calif.)
- Rep. Laura Gillen (N.Y)
- Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.)
- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.)
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz (Fla.)
- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)
- Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY)
Green and freshman Democrat Rep. Shomari Figures, (Ala.), voted present.
Democrats wore color-coordinated outfits and waved placards with messages criticizing Trump and Elon Musk throughout Trump’s speech on Tuesday as a form of protest.
But, Green took it a step further by protesting the GOP’s planned cuts to Medicaid during Trump’s address and was subsequently booted from the chamber by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
Green said Wednesday that he has no regrets and will don’t again.
“I’m not angry with the speaker. I’m not angry with the officers. I’m not upset with the members who are going to bring the motions or resolution to sanction. I will suffer the consequences,” Green said. “But I must add this, what I did was from my heart. People are suffering and I was talking about Medicaid. I didn’t just say you don’t have a mandate. I said you don’t have a mandate to cut Medicaid.”
“I did it from my heart and I will suffer whatever the consequences are,” he added. “But truthfully, I would do it again.”
A censure is a formal way for the House to express disapproval of a member’s conduct. A censured member does not lose any rights or privileges as a House member.
Notably, the House did not censure Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert when they repeatedly disrupted former President Joe Biden’s address before Congress.
