Well, that didn’t take long.
In March of last year, Democrat Rep. Al Green of Texas interrupted Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress by jumping up from his seat, yelling and waving his cane.
Many were speculating whether Green would cause a ruckus during Tuesday night’s speech, and he did, within the first five minutes of Trump’s speech.
Green held up a large sign which read, “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES.”
The sign was in reference to a video about voter fraud which Trump posted several days ago. He was unaware that the video inadvertently included a 2-second blip from a separate Lion King parody video, which featured Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. Once the video was pointed out to Trump, he removed it from his Truth Social page.
When Green refused to sit down, and held up the crude sign Tuesday night, he was quickly escorted out of the Chamber, while Republicans broke out in chants of “USA! USA!”
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Dem Rep. Al Green was just KICKED OUT of the chambers barely 1 MINUTE IN to Trump’s State of the Union for protesting
The sign says: “Black people aren’t apes!”
Freaking disgrace. Literal CHILDREN. pic.twitter.com/7kUqABPicu
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 25, 2026
BREAKING: Rep. Al Green (D-TX) has been escorted from the House floor (again) after he refused to sit down during President Trump’s speech and he held up a sign.
He was formally removed from the chamber after an outburst last year as well.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 25, 2026
Rep. Al Green (D-TX) and his sign after being kicked out of SOTU again. pic.twitter.com/QQINmZJmIC
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 25, 2026
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