“The House has resolved that Representative Al Green be censured.”
House Republicans, along with 10 Democrats, joined together on Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for protesting during President Donald Trump‘s address to a joint session of Congress, where he shouted that the president has no mandate to cut Medicaid.
Fellow Democrats joined him in the well as they sang, “We Shall Overcome.”
Democrats continued singing, and Republicans eventually cut the feed to the House floor, preventing the public from seeing it.
On Tuesday night, Green said this is why he spoke out:
“I was making it clear to the president that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid. I have people who are very fearful, these are poor people, and they have only Medicaid in their lives when it comes to their healthcare.”
“I don’t know. Whatever the punishment is, I’m not fighting the punishment.”
Click play to listen to the report from AURN White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris. For more news, follow @E_N_McMorris & @aurnonline.
