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Rep Al Green removed from State of the Union for holding protest sign

Green displayed a protest sign at Trump’s address, defended it as a stand against discrimination and said he would repeat the protest.

Rep Al Green removed from State of the Union for holding protest sign
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This article1 analysis · Oct 10, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
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Rep. Al Green was escorted from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address after displaying a sign protesting a social media video depicting Black people as apes. Green defended the protest as a stand against discrimination and said he would do it again.

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Al Green
D · TX-9

Texas representative who protested at the State of the Union with a sign opposing a video depicting Black people as apes

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Pat Fallon
R · TX-4

Representative who tried to block Green’s sign from cameras

Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

House Speaker who ordered Green’s removal during the previous year’s address

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose State of the Union address was the setting for Green’s protest

Representative who tried to block Green’s sign from cameras

Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security

Senator who stood in front of Green before his removal

Steve Scalise
R · LA-1

House Majority Leader who attempted to take Green’s sign

Roger Marshall
R · KS · SEN

Senator who stood in front of Green before his removal

ALSO MENTIONED  Barack Obama, Former president depicted in the video Green protested; Steven Cheung, White House communications director who criticized Green in a statement

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Al Green Holds Sign During State of the Union Address

Al 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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