{"id":340935,"date":"2026-02-25T21:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/congressman-al-green-thinks-his-sotu-confrontation-of-donald-trump-was-needed"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:19:16","slug":"congressman-al-green-thinks-his-sotu-confrontation-of-donald-trump-was-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/congressman-al-green-thinks-his-sotu-confrontation-of-donald-trump-was-needed","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Al Inexperienced Thinks His SOTU Confrontation of Donald Trump Was Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Rep. Al Green<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Trump Needed to Be Confronted at SOTU!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-02-25T17:00:19-08:00\"><br \/>\n               February 25, 2026<br \/>\n              5:00 PM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-991bc86ec6f13854e7625050017c7a41\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-452f4148-247e-4d5c-905d-aa0c8849b6d3-1776883021-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-452f4148-247e-4d5c-905d-aa0c8849b6d3-1776883021-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Al Green\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/48\/16by9\/2026\/02\/25\/48b21e2e6d9149df9fbce6f87311c4a4_md.jpg\" alt=\"rep-al-green-kal-02-25-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-991bc86ec6f13854e7625050017c7a41--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-857247491174fa6b08824e5767eeeb5e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Democratic Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/al-green\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Al Green<\/strong><\/a> thinks peaceful protests still matter &#8230; especially when it comes to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> and his incendiary language and conduct.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-857247491174fa6b08824e5767eeeb5e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-33e25705653837fe5e5461ed749dc229\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Green, a representative for the state of Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/24\/al-green-holding-black-people-arent-apes-sign-state-of-the-union\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>made headlines<\/strong><\/a> last night when he held up a &#8220;Black People Aren&#8217;t Apes!&#8221; sign at the State of the Union address &#8230; and he explained to TMZ the importance of an IRL rebuke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-33e25705653837fe5e5461ed749dc229--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-545903ba49dec77966c0dc4c909aefbd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260225_1b6273d9c1944a81bdc94539a70ff520\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3269344a-e678-4a7f-8688-fe22ca5e53cd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1b\/4by3\/2026\/02\/25\/1b6273d9c1944a81bdc94539a70ff520_md.png\" alt=\"al green state of the union sub getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-545903ba49dec77966c0dc4c909aefbd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bea2d4d502e9a31386b45dd126e3cadb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>See &#8230; Green was sure Trump had heard about or read some of the blowback from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/06\/donald-trump-shares-video-barack-michelle-obama-monkeys\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>racist post<\/strong><\/a> depicting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barack-obama\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Barack<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michelle-obama\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong><\/a> as apes, but Green didn&#8217;t believe Trump had been confronted. And according to Green, having someone call you out directly to your face is a whole other ball game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bea2d4d502e9a31386b45dd126e3cadb--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-12bc8ed945f64a93dcbe609080de9d79\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Green says that as Trump made his way down the aisle, Green &#8212; who had intentionally procured a seat near the aisle &#8212; told Trump &#8220;Black people aren&#8217;t apes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-12bc8ed945f64a93dcbe609080de9d79--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cccc2e4146484e65677c2c60e49fa010\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-789951bb-d4fe-477d-8844-7ae4d668318e-1908824019-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-789951bb-d4fe-477d-8844-7ae4d668318e-1908824019-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f7\/16by9\/2026\/02\/25\/f714e157289e4db4821149430f837df0_md.jpg\" alt=\"al-green-kal-02-24-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cccc2e4146484e65677c2c60e49fa010--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-91140465e86e1763d028a3b1b02c6241\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to Green, Trump immediately took a step forward to &#8220;disengage.&#8221; Then Green moved on to Plan B, which involved holding up the sign that read &#8220;Black People Aren&#8217;t Apes!&#8221; This seems to have been what got him tossed out of the chamber.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-91140465e86e1763d028a3b1b02c6241--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ff87f9d13292d169cb414cd6e8808732\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As far as penalties being imposed for his protest &#8230; Green doesn&#8217;t think that&#8217;d be applicable. The way he sees it, MAGA members were wearing hats with signage spreading their message, so what&#8217;s the difference?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ff87f9d13292d169cb414cd6e8808732--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5565fe49ba49f8048a0121cfc0e75c9c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This is the second year in a row Green was removed from a speech to Congress delivered by Trump &#8230; last year Trump had just called his 2024 victory a &#8220;mandate&#8221; when Green <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/democratic-rep-al-green-removed-chamber-after-outburst\/story?id=119464203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>stood up and shouted<\/strong><\/a>, &#8220;You have no mandate to cut Medicaid.&#8221; The Speaker of the House ordered Green&#8217;s removal from the chamber.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5565fe49ba49f8048a0121cfc0e75c9c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d0bd33d5aedfd542d23fb1f7501460fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260225_f38379c699524b518102e3c5d6d92771\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3269344a-e678-4a7f-8688-fe22ca5e53cd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f3\/4by3\/2026\/02\/25\/f38379c699524b518102e3c5d6d92771_md.png\" alt=\"al green state of the union sub getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0bd33d5aedfd542d23fb1f7501460fe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c76137d4b4b4d3c4827ac4d7c17e388c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Watch the video to hear what Green thought about Texas Rep. <strong>Troy Nehls<\/strong> trying to snatch the sign away from him on his way out last night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c76137d4b4b4d3c4827ac4d7c17e388c--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/25\/rep-al-green-discusses-his-sign-at-state-of-the-union\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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