Al Green present for Trump State of the Union after being ejected in 2025
Green held up a sign during Trump’s address and was escorted out of the chamber.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYFox News is an established national outlet with an identified reporter, though its broader editorial identity warrants some caution. The article includes firsthand observation and attributes a later quotation to a press pool report, but offers limited sourcing and context.
- Source type — An established national news organization, though with a recognizable partisan editorial identity.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is credited.
- Editorial standards — The report identifies firsthand observation and attributes a quotation, but gives little additional sourcing or context.
The article reports observable events and attributes Green’s quoted remarks, including one attributed to a press pool report. It offers little context about the sign or perspectives beyond Green’s prior explanation, limiting its sourcing and balance.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives a concrete account of Green’s protest and includes his earlier explanation of his opposition to Trump’s policies. It offers little context or response from the other side and does not explain the sign’s context.
- Source diversity — The report relies mainly on its own observation and a press pool quotation.
- Counterarguments presented — Green’s rationale is included from an earlier remark, but no response from Trump or his representatives appears.
- Loaded language — The account uses terms such as defiant and persistent to characterize Green’s protest.
- Omitted context — The article does not explain the context behind the sign’s wording.
The report’s focus on Green’s removal and its descriptions of his protests as persistent, loud and defiant give the story a critical framing of the Democratic lawmaker. It does not provide a response from Trump or a fuller account of the sign’s context.
- Language tone — Describes Green as defiant and emphasizes the persistence and volume of his protests.
- Framing — Centers the disruption and Green’s removal from the chamber.
- Source selection — Includes Green’s earlier explanation but no account from Trump or his representatives.
Rep. Al Green held up a sign during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and was escorted from the chamber. The article also recounts Green’s removal and censure after disrupting Trump’s 2025 address.
Fox News reports that Green stood in the House chamber as Trump arrived for the State of the Union, holding a sign that read, “Black people aren't apes!” Green kept the sign raised after Trump began speaking, and Capitol security escorted him out. The article also describes conversations Green had with Reps. Troy Nehls and Pat Fallon before his removal.
The story recalls that Green was removed from Trump’s 2025 address after shouting and shaking his cane, and that the House voted to censure him. Green later said he would accept any punishment and wanted to oppose what he called the president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.
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20 VOTESCounts every outlet’s report of this story. See all 57
- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 80% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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Part of a bigger story
25 OUTLETSAl Green held up a sign during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and was escorted from the chamber. The sign protested a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. Left-leaning outlets present the sign as a protest against racist imagery and, in some accounts, Green’s removal as an effort to silence him. Center outlets mostly explain the sign’s reference and the removal, with some stressing Green’s rationale or lawmakers’ exchanges. Right-leaning outlets emphasize the ejection and earlier ejection, while some criticize or mock Green’s protest.
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