‘Guilty’: Al Green Welcomes Censure For Disrupting Trump Speech
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Green said he's not mad at anybody and that he has no regrets.
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is ready to be reprimanded by his House colleagues for disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday.
A Republican introduced a formal censure resolution against Green on Wednesday stating Green’s behavior “disrupted the proceedings of the joint address and was a breach of proper conduct.”
Told of the resolution by HuffPost, Green said, “My response is: guilty.”
Censure has no practical effect beyond being an admonishment from colleagues that goes in the congressional record. It’s not clear how soon the House could vote on the resolution, which would likely be adopted with unanimous Republican support.
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