Sen. Markwayne Mullin attempts to grab sign from Rep. Al Green
Green displayed a sign responding to a social media post and was escorted out of the chamber.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYKOCO is an established local news outlet with an identified reporter, and the article attributes its video and statements to their sources. The short report offers limited detail about reporting and corrections practices.
- Source type — Established local-news publisher.
- Author attribution — A reporter is named.
- Editorial standards — The report attributes video and quotations, but provides limited sourcing detail.
- Transparency — The article identifies the Associated Press video as its source for the interaction.
The article gives a concise account supported by video and attributed statements from Green and Mullin. It provides little broader context and does not include Mullin’s explanation of the attempted grab itself.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes Green’s explanation for the sign and Mullin’s later criticism of Democrats’ conduct. It does not provide Mullin’s account of the physical interaction or further responses from either lawmaker.
- Counterarguments presented — Both lawmakers’ perspectives appear, though Mullin does not address the attempted grab directly.
- Source diversity — Uses AP video and statements attributed to both lawmakers.
- Omitted context — The report gives little context about the interaction beyond the video and the sign’s stated purpose.
The report describes the interaction and attributes the participants’ statements without discernible partisan framing.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language; quoted judgments are attributed to the speakers.
- Source selection — Includes statements from both Green and Mullin, as well as AP video.
- Framing — Focuses on the interaction and subsequent comments without an explicit verdict.
At the State of the Union, Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to take a sign from Rep. Al Green, who was later escorted out while holding it. Mullin criticized Democrats’ conduct in a video posted the next day.
Video showed Mullin walking toward Green and trying to grab the sign before returning to his seat. Green was escorted out shortly afterward while holding a sign that read, “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES!” Green said it responded to a deleted post from Trump’s account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as primates, and called the post “totally unacceptable.”
In a video posted Wednesday, Mullin called Democratic conduct during the address “frustrating,” said the address called for decorum, criticized Democrats who spoke out, and said he “cannot stand” Green.
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 80% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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Senator who attempted to take Green’s sign and later criticized Democrats’ conduct
Mullin's version of this story ↗President whose social media account shared the video that Green said prompted his sign
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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