Democratic Congressmember Al Green from Texas was censured by the House for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress. Green's protest involved shaking his cane and asserting that Trump had no mandate to cut essential government programs. This incident reflects the broader struggle among Democrats, who are divided between calls for restraint and those advocating for more direct confrontation. Green characterizes the current government as serving the wealthy elite and emphasizes the need to protect vulnerable communities. He continues to push for Trump's impeachment as a necessary action against presidential overreach.
"We now live in a government that is of the plutocrats, by the plutocrats, for the plutocrats," Congressmember Green tells Democracy Now! "We have to fight to protect those who cannot protect themselves."
Green has repeatedly called to impeach Trump and says he is currently preparing another such effort, calling impeachment "a remedy for a runaway president who believes that there are no guardrails."
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