House Freedom Caucus to censure Al Green following Trump speech meltdown

The House Freedom Caucus wasted no time in censuring Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas on Wednesday after he repeatedly interrupted President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress Tuesday night.

Just minutes into Trump's historic address, Green stood up and waved his cane from the House floor, shouting, "You have no mandate!" After he ignored a warning from Speaker Mike Johnson, the sergeant at arms removed Green from the House chamber.

'Democrats are clearly still coping with the fact that their policies don’t work and the American people don’t trust them anymore.'

"The President's address to tonight’s joint session of Congress is a constitutional obligation — not a sideshow for Democrats to use noisemakers, make threats, throw things or otherwise disrupt," HFC said in a statement ahead of the address.

"Our colleagues are on notice that the heckler's veto will not be tolerated," the statement continued. "You will be censured. We expect the Sergeant at Arms and Capitol Police to take appropriate action against any Members of Congress or other persons violating House rules.”

The following morning, HFC confirmed that it will introduce a resolution to censure Green following his stunt.

"Rep. Al Green should be censured for his childish behavior on the House floor last night," Republican Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona, a HFC member, said Wednesday. "Democrats are clearly still coping with the fact that their policies don’t work and the American people don’t trust them anymore. HFC members are drafting a censure resolution."

Other Republicans have also drafted their own resolutions to censure Green, including Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas and Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington.

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