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Al Green Tried to Shove a Sign in Trump's Face. Here's What It Said

Green displayed a sign during Trump's State of the Union address and was later removed from the chamber.

Al Green Tried to Shove a Sign in Trump's Face. Here's What It Said
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Rep. Al Green displayed a sign reading “black people aren’t apes” as President Trump arrived for his State of the Union address, and Green was later ejected from the chamber. The Townhall author condemns Green’s protest in strongly critical terms.

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Al Green
D · TX-9

Representative who displayed a sign during the State of the Union and was ejected from the chamber

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House, toward whom Trump was walking

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President delivering the State of the Union as Green displayed the sign

J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States

Vice President, toward whom Trump was walking

Steve Scalise
R · LA-1

Representative who pulled down Green's sign

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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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