Rep. Al Green (D-TX) getting rightly removed from President Trump’s speech really illustrates the demise of the Democrat Party.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 5, 2025
They are out of ideas. They can’t offer anything positive for America so they try to ruin it.
Al Green needs to be censured and hopefully expelled. pic.twitter.com/CV15kVsz9x
Binyamin Appelbaum Representative Al Green’s stand in defiance of a president who has governed in defiance of the law. Green’s civil disobedience was the behavior of a man who believes that Trump is a threat to American democracy. Why did he stand alone?...
Michelle Goldberg Green’s heckling. Democrats shouldn’t have shown up at all, but if they were going to be there, noisy protest made more sense than holding up dumb little paddles. There’s nothing dignified about quietly playing the foil to an autocratic thug gloating about stripping America for parts....
Meanwhile, at home, I was comparing the scene to January 6th. You don't like what's going on in the Capitol? Disrupt! Try to stop the proceedings!
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NY Times. Not even suitable for fish wrap. I'm still torn if it should be used in bird cages to be shat upon.
This just in: NY Times writers don't like Trump very much. (Developing...)
NYT fish wrap? By God, it’s not fit to line a birdcage!
Trump has a Churchillian relish for repartee, and his whack (a new President) at the Biden/Dem claim that it was GOP failure to sign the bill that caused the border crisis was a flaming burn.
You can't expect Democrats to be comfortable.
This Ultra-DARK-MAGA Republican agrees. Hope we can make Al the face of the Democrats. Him and Walz and Crockett.
Did he at least sing "Let's Stay Together"?
They thought they could disguise their nazi salutes by holding a paddle in their hands. I didn’t get that.
Waving a cane in the House of Representatives is on-brand for the Democratic Party. This time no one was struck, fortunately.
I'm reminded of the exorcism scene in The Exorcist, the priests splashing holy water on the child, the water burning the demon-child, the demon-child screaming in torment...
The power of Trump compels you!
The power of Trump compels you!
have zero regret abandoning Democrats forever. What garbage…not even worthy of a the real Al Green reference…
I don’t believe for a second Goldberg is sincere when she says Democrats should not have shown up at all. That would have crushed her and her ilk..::
Oh no, no, no...the best moment by far was, "How'd that work out for you?"
I actually took pictures of the Democrat faces when he said that to capture that moment.
"Waving a cane in the House of Representatives is on-brand for the Democratic Party. This time no one was struck, fortunately."
A deliberate effort to evoke the caning of Charles Sumner?
That warn’t no cane, that was a pimpstick.
Saw a meme on X of Green getting the boot, with the caption: Getting thrown out of a Presidential speech; so easy, even a caveman can do it!
The Dems are truly depraved. They didn’t stand for the boy who survived brain cancer. That’s because Trump was talking about him. Same deal for all the other featured guests. What is wrong with these people?
If all of the members of a party cannot even applaud a black kid surviving cancer, then that party is nothing but pond scum.
And it's pretty obvious that most NYT opinion writers are also pond scum.
Can someone explain to me why JD Vance is getting s much credit for the ejection of Al Greene? As Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson had initiated the procedural steps to expel Greene many minutes before.
Because they are heathens.
What's the deal with all of those paddles saying "Musk Steals?" Is there a coherent, legitimate accusation out there alleging that Musk has stolen anything? Of all the messages to rally around, "Musk Steals" is it? Why not go with "Musk is a Poopy-head?"
How RACIST was it of the Democrats to not acknowledge that poor little boy who had cancer. (Our turn to play that stupid game??)
The Democrats HATE Trump and they HATE cutting waste and fraud. Because the dems are all frauds and grifters - themselves.
NYT = cheerleaders for frauds.
"What's the deal with all of those paddles ..."
They're complaining that Musk is stealing the money they stole fair and square.
Democrats have owned those paddles since the days when they used them to bid on black people. You'd hold your number up so the auctioneer could tell who you were.
Bagdadbob - when the left find something intolerable to their narratives they use the "Without Evidence" card.
When leftists want to build lies - they just make sh*t up. Any accusation will do.
Iman said...
“NYT fish wrap? By God, it’s not fit to line a birdcage!”
Perhaps it should go from the printing presses directly to the paper recycling plant.
Clearly we’ve all lost sight of what is truly important: who is the blond lady next to Elon?
When he called out Biden's lawfare, "look what that got you", was a total dominance move. That was the best part for me. Rub their filthy little noses in it. That was baller. Also, I couldn't stop laughing at the paddles....4 more years of that and 2028 is a lock.
The NYT, making insurrection “in” again.
At least no one had a smoke bomb. Or were they confiscated at the door?
Hi NYT panelists - waves!
Green looks like some random homeless alcoholic you'd find talking to himself on a subway platform. I guess that's what you get when your constituents are homeless alcoholics.
They can't help themselves, can they?
"Worst Moment of the Night? Democrats Disrespect a Little Boy with Cancer."
Democrats are cancer.
“ baghdadbob said...
What's the deal with all of those paddles saying "Musk Steals?" Is there a coherent, legitimate accusation out there alleging that Musk has stolen anything?”
He’s stopping their systemic theft, so he’s stealing from them.
NYT Demmies shed tears in the rain. Trump gives them the Harry Truman treatment. How did that work out?
The collective corrupt left: "How dare you!
How dare you have power. Corrupt Democrats OWN power!"
Weave that thru all they do and say.
Not surprising. Like Green, Appelbaum and Goldberg are mental midgets.
Hi Again - NYT panelists(D)
What say you?
This morning, CBS News (radio) doesn’t mention the results of their own polling of viewers of the SOTU speech.
How telling.
I watched on Fox and the network seemed to be working to avoid showing the disruptive leftie antics and signage. I suspect the propaganda networks were working to highlight them. Not ‘one screen two movies’ but rather a completely different tale…
A deliberate effort to evoke the caning of Charles Sumner?
That was my first impression, but then I realized it was Al Green. I don't think he knows who Charles Sumner was or the circumstances surrounding
the caning.
I don't think Al Green can tell us when the Civil War was fought.
It is sad that the Democrat party uses Black Democrats as their foolish props. It is demeaning and racist at its core.
Look, I usually think the personal stories are contrived. For instance, Corey's family looked uncomfortable with all the attention and I don't blame them. But that kid and his father were completely genuine (or they're amazing actors). Giving Curran a hug? Congratulating the West Point kid? His wide eyes when Trump said he was becoming a secret service agent? Fantastic.
Green filed articles of impeachment against Trump for dastardly deeds, or something. Nice to see NYT columnists placing him on a pedestal.
Maynard said, "It is sad that the Democrat party uses Black Democrats as their foolish props. It is demeaning and racist at its core."
The bigotry of plantation expectations.
Yes, Professor, I was alluding to the Sumner caning.
rehajm said...
I watched on Fox and the network seemed to be working to avoid showing the disruptive leftie antics and signage. I suspect the propaganda networks were working to highlight them.
I believe these events have a single feed, so broadcast would be the same regardless of network.
Somewhere, Preston Brooks is disappointed at Mr. Green's reluctance to act.
Fox News has the Al Green ejection as one of the top five moments from Trump’s speech, which begs the question, what was #6?
I'm waiting for Carville to comment -- assuming he hasn't committed suicide.
They changed it now, but earlier today the Washington Post's lead headline was something like "Trump delivers divisive speech" Then one subhead about the reaction was "Democrats call speech divisive"
I may be mistaken, but i think Vance made a gesture indicating Green needed to go. That was right before Johnson started the process to do so.
I suspect it was planned theater for Green to get the boot. The rest of them mostly quieted down after that. If they were genuinely outraged they'd have gotten louder and more disruptive.
Al Green's performance clarified something for me. I've always suspected that he's not terribly bright, and that there are plenty of rather dull people in DC that have managed to secure office and actually hold it for a while. There seem to be more on one side of the aisle than the other. And that side of the aisle also commands a stellar record of obedience to the cause when it comes to taking votes, in both halls of Congress. Could it be that this exercise in the domination of wills, when it comes to voting, is actually limiting their candidates to those that are willing to obey? And those that are the most willing, are the least able to think for themselves, or even think, period? Both parties exercise control over the candidates from the primaries, onward. They are selective on who gets to run. Maybe the Democrats strategy of iron-fisted command has resulted in too many lesser Indians, when they ought to be fielding a quorum of chiefs. There's a downside to recruiting people that are compliant.
"A deliberate effort to evoke the caning of Charles Sumner?"
No, instinctive. Homo democraticus has devolved into a lower order of life -- something akin to Pan troglodytes on bath salts.
“Meanwhile, at home, I was comparing the scene to January 6th.”
It was a session of Congress, Al Green is a member of Congress and had every right to be there, he was engaged in activity protected under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution, and he left when asked without injuring any of the officers sent to remove him. Not much of a comparison.
We just want to say that we're not Spirit Bunnies anymore.
Jan 6th had a few bad actors - but most of it was instigated by the FBI.
Doors were help open for people. It's all on tape.
al Green is an INSURRECTIONIST!
I watched on C-Span which didn't switch to the Dem side very often. But I saw that as Trump began his speech, Rep. Greene began his disruption which was immediately handled. Green was ejected and the speech went on. Then I saw those foolish little paddles. C-Span didn't keep cutting to them but I imagined themwhen Trump was looking in that direction. Then C-Span would occasionally cut to individual, despondent Dems hunched up like birds in the snow compared with Melania smiling away. Mainly I followed the points Trump was making in order to see what was coming but, as always with Trump, the whole time period held my attention in various ways. The valiant little fellow who beat cancer and dreams of defending us all; the shining smile of the returned prisoner; the unspeakable sadness of the relatives of people abused and murdered by illegals; the glowering Dems; the Dem recruits on our side looking serious and resolute. Trump trying to lure in the Greenlanders; getting back the Panama Canal; obviously hoping to grab Russia as an ally; Mars is Ours (maybe) as whatever another planet might be good for. The notification that prices are going to go up before they go down but we might get fentanyl stopped. It has been killing hundreds of thousands over the last three years, a little gift from China by way of Canada. The return of Zelensky.
A lot to take in
Eva Marie... Wait till they see what Photo Shop can do with those paddles! Gonna be lit!
The "Best moment" that never actually happened was when Al Green re-enacted the historic moment in 1856 when pro-slavery Democrat Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane putting him out of action for a year or so.
Al Green was waving that cane around like he was going to try to bop President Trump. I was reallyt hoping he would try and of course be stopped by Secret Service.
Think what great TV that would have made!
What happened to Al Green anyway? I used to like the way he sang but now he just seems like another loon.
John Henry
Iman said...
That warn’t no cane, that was a pimpstick.
Fact!
I thought that listing specific examples of wasteful spending was effective. At first, you laugh at the absurdity of the examples, but then you get angry thinking about what could have been done with the money instead.
Drunk and Disorderly? Blood draw required.
It was a session of Congress, Al Green is a member of Congress and had every right to be there, he was engaged in activity protected under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution
If you are going to make statements like this, then at least know what it is you are talking. US Constitution, Article I, Section 5, Paragraph 2: “Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.”
If you won’t follow the rules, expect to be punished. President Trump was recognized by the chair as the speaker. Al Green was told to maintain decorum. Green failed. Green was punished per the rules of the House.
Aggie writes, "They are selective on who gets to run."
Selection, that's the engine of de-evolution, the reduction not to the mean, but to the stupid end of the bell curve.
There's never been a more popular Presidential Address to Congress since FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech. Historians will christen last night "The Suicide of the Democratic Party".
The Democrats, the party of the "peculiar institution" and Jim Crow, survived the Civil War because the Stephen Douglas wing rejected Bully Brooks and his crew of thugs, but there's no patriotism or decency left in that band of shit-brains holding office in 2025. They're dead now and stinking to high heaven. Good riddance. There may be the makings of a decent and honorable loyal opposition somewhere in America, but I can't see one, which is sad and troubling; the Ship of State always needs a little ballast.
The other event that didn't happen was with all those Demmies holding up paddles like they were at an auction.
I kept hoping our president would riff on that. Maybe "Our Democrat colleagues apparently think they are bidding at an auction with those paddles. Sorry to disappoint but nothing is for sale tonight."
He could do a lot better than me, of course.
John Henry
"Biff said...
I thought that listing specific examples of wasteful spending was effective. At first, you laugh at the absurdity of the examples, but then you get angry thinking about what could have been done with the money instead."
How about nothing.
"They thought they could disguise their nazi salutes by holding a paddle in their hands."
You forgot...it's Musk who is prone to Nazi salutes.
I'm seeing all kinds of comments on how the SOTU speech had low ratings on television, almost as if the commenters using the internet to say that had never heard of using the internet to watch speeches.
Robert Cook has gone completely goofball and childish. He used to be at least adult. Now, he’s just a dumb, lying kid.
This just typical liberal/left reasoning. If you say to them, "Hey Lefty why are you in favor of disruptive rude behavior?" They'll say "No, I'm not". But then when they one of their political "enemies" keeps them from power, they'll make a grand exception and say "Normally, Im against rude behavior but....."
When they feel the issue is important enough Leftists will say things like "The issue is too important to be (nice) (obey the Law) (tell the truth) (not use violence) (obey norms and traditions).
Just win baby, just win.
Shouting Thomas said...
Robert Cook has gone completely goofball and childish. He used to be at least adult. Now, he’s just a dumb, lying kid.
Trump did that to many people. It's an interesting psychological phenomenon. I suspect such people were mentally fragile to begin with.
The democrat house leadership probably thought this up and tasked Green to do it. Remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up Trump's speech? The whole point is give the MSM something to discuss other than Trump's speech.
The Democrats in Congress act like an army. They have discipline and constantly vote xx-0 the way the leadership tells them. They are no democrat "mavericks". Greene didn't do this by himself. It was not spontaneous. And it had nothing to do with his being "dumb".
All Vindmans should resign in shame. and then be prosecuted and jailed.
Good to see Green is still alive. I thought he had been replaced by a younger Congressional Black Grifter
I literally LOL'd when Trump called Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas to her face as she continued to clap manically for funding the never ending war in Ukraine. She was so mad I thought her head would explode.
You know what I think would have been a really cool non-violent protest. One of the Dems should have stood up on his, dropped his trousers, and taken a dump. Then all the other Dems should have given him a round of applause. That would have demonstrated in a poetic way the depth and sincerity of the opposition to Trump......I guess it's hard to time such events just right, and not everyone in Congress has sufficient agility to climb up on the desk. Maybe Nadler would be a better avatar of such a protest if a step ladder was made available to him. Something to consider for the next SOTU.
What did Green actually shout? I can't tell from the clips I've seen and nobody seems to be saying. Just curious.
The best part of the speech was the Pocahontas comment.
"Robert Cook has gone completely goofball and childish. He used to be at least adult. Now, he’s just a dumb, lying kid."
But, your opinion of me notwithstanding...what about Musk's Nazi-saluting?
All those dems waving their paddles...looked like a senior citizen pickle ball tournament.
As to the topic of this thread: The best part of any Trump speech (or utterance) is when he stops talking, not just for any intelligent persons who may be listening in, but for Trump, as it is only when he is silent that he is not broadcasting his ignorance and loathesome personality (and indicting himself) to the world.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Britain."
You’re lying out your ass, Cook. That’s what I’m saying, kid. Stop lying out your ass. Or else dementia is setting in. How in the hell would you know what an intelligent person would think? You’ve really descended into infantile stupidity. Take some advice from an adult. Stop lying out your ass.
Robert asked:
"what about Musk's Nazi-saluting? "
what? when was this? could you provide details?
or, did it Only Happen in your imagination?
My craving for Greenland spiked again last night.
We're going to get it one way or another.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/video/greenland-trump-address-congress-digvid
@NeggNogg - I saw a report that he shouted something about Trump not having a mandate to cut Medicaid. What that had to do with Trump's speech I'm not clear on. (Not that the "Musk steals" signs had much relevance, either)
In the 2000 presidential debate Al Gore walked over to Bush:s spot and loudly interrupted, “but what about the Dingell-Norwood bill?” Regardless of its value he was widely mocked.
A certain commenter seems to be in the same mental health state as Gore. Get some help.
Looking at the photo of Al Green with his cane and his mouth wide open, it does look like he's singing something, sort of like his namesake. Adam Schiff's and Ed Markey's disembodied heads are floating in front of Green in the photo, with Markey looking a little Sumneresque himself.
Why do African American reps always lead the way with impeachment efforts and antics like Green's? Is that really what their constituents want? Are they trying to make up for their deficiencies and misdeeds in other matters? Are they so secure in their seats -- or so expendable to the leadership -- that they are given the job by the higher-ups?
In the 2019 white State of the Union Democrat Reps were stretching their arms out in what looks a lot like a Nazi salutes. The explanation for one photo is that they were holding up three fingers in reference to House Resolution 3, but were they really unaware of the symbolism?
All of a sudden, we're told that the president's first message to Congress isn't a State of the Union address. That's the first I've heard of that. The State of the Union (or whatever this was) has become the new "nerd prom" with all of the attendant antics. Trump put the White House Correspondents Dinner, the original nerd prom, out of business by not attending. Maybe it's time to go back to Thomas Jefferson's practice of sending Congress the annual message in a letter, rather than in person.
…and CBS weeps…
https://x.com/Shem_Infinite/status/1897255807416164466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1897255807416164466%7Ctwgr%5Eef2b465292adc750027a152d6a64d4ac458470df%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F706434%2F
The Office of Shipbuilding.
https://x.com/i/status/1897139229878312993
I'm with Michelle; "Democrats shouldn’t have shown up at all ...". In fact, Democrats shouldn't show up anywhere at all. Hell isn't hot enough for the Commie bastards.
Robert. What Proof do you have that Musk is a Nazi.
"Turns out all we needed was a new President"
"Robert. What Proof do you have that Musk is a Nazi."
I didn't assert he is a Nazi. I said that he made the Nazi salute (at least twice) in public, on television, in January.
I”m saying Robert Cook is a bare face, conscious and deliberate liar.
I gotta say, nothing warms the cockles of my heart like hearing Trump turn a phrase that makes Nancy work her lips like she's just bit into a pickle. The very definition of 'spitting mad', and now she's so decrepit she can't do a thing about it. I know it's mean, but it's so deservedly glorious.
Cookie - Musk held his hand to his heart and threw out his arm as an act of showing love.
Something your creepy Soviet Cultists just do not understand.
meanwhile- there are tons of images of Hillary give the Nazi salute.
When I was a younger guy living in the Detroit area, there was a local progressive 'alternative' newspaper called the 'Metro Times'. I haven't looked it up, so I don't know if it even still exists. But from what I can see, the New York Times has turned itself into The Metro Times. They did it methodically, over time, slowly at first, then all at once.
You may one day soon see them piled in a corner at the delis and Greek restaurants, on a table in the barbershop, or used to clean dog poop off your shoe walking in the city.
Seriously. Is there anything 'high brow' about this paper's content any longer?
Rusty, don't you know all former Democrats are Nazis?
John Henry: "What happened to Al Green anyway? I used to like the way he sang but now he just seems like another loon."
Cong. Green and Sen. Tillis could do a bipartisan country/soul crossover album....
JSM
The Democrats have decided to commit suicide, apparently. Fine by me, the Republicans should help them along. Schedule individual votes on all the 90/10 issues, make the Democrats show their true colors.
Democrats were anti-war during Vietnam, John Kerry ran for office on his defiant act of medal tossing.
Recently, they seem to side with Palestine/Hamas in Israels' war of reckoning for Oct 7.
Since Republicans want to end the Russian/Ukraine war, Democrats are hardcore Ukrainian. A few even dressed in the blue and gold. How many of their sons and daughters are they willing to sacrifice in that unwinnable war?
Robert Cook said...
"Robert. What Proof do you have that Musk is a Nazi."
I didn't assert he is a Nazi. I said that he made the Nazi salute (at least twice) in public, on television, in January.
You are just being a terrible human being making these obviously stupid assertions.
This is the result of having absolutely no moral code other than gaining power over other people and forcing them to do what you want. Robert is projecting his own actual NAZI ambitions on Musk.
Remembering your distaste for using children in politics, I made a point to tweet about using a sick/dying child as a political prop just to see what reaction it would get. A lot of people were not happy.
I did not know Al Green (the sane one) wrote Take Me to the River.
Robert Cook said...
"Robert. What Proof do you have that Musk is a Nazi."
"I didn't assert he is a Nazi. I said that he made the Nazi salute (at least twice) in public, on television, in January."
And thereby implying he was a nazi.
Her name is Heather Valentino…
Representative Al Green’s stand in defiance of a president who has governed in defiance of the law
Gosh, you mean like the way he kept on trying to spend $billions on refusing student loans without getting Congress involved?
Oh, no, that was a Democrat
It does piss me off that Trump continually screws up mocking Warren
She's FAUXcahontas, not "Pocahontas"
Because she's a fake Indian
"And thereby implying he was a nazi."
Well, yes. It's a not-unreasonable possible conclusion one can draw, especially given he's attached himself to our old/new fascist-leaning POTUS.
"Cookie - Musk held his hand to his heart and threw out his arm as an act of showing love."
Mmmmn, yeah. Showing love with/for his fellow Nazis.
Okay, I have to be fair. Perhaps Musk is not, himself, a Nazi or a Nazi-sympathizer. He could just be pandering to the Nazis among his/Trump's ardent supporters and the Project 2025 shadow government.
It’s weird and creepy the talk is about her fathering Musk’s next child…
Perhaps it should go from the printing presses directly to the paper recycling plant.
Like a book written by a Democrat politician, sold by the pallet load to companies with business before his committee? Or do they just go to the dump?
The democrat party is a sewer. a racist - child hating - lying sack of shit - sewer.
The real Nazi racists assholes are every women in that chamber wearing pink and holding a sign.
and hypocrite Bernie Sanders. The white commie worth millions.
Dig faster, Cook, You haven't hit bottom yet.
"It does piss me off that Trump continually screws up mocking Warren......She's FAUXcahontas, not "Pocahontas"
Faux-cahontas
Lie-awatha
Psycho-gaweah is my favorite.
Psycho-gaweah is new to me :-)
But I've always thought Faux-cahontas was the best, and it's always pissed me off the Trump screws it up
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